Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley

Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley
Author: Robert Phillip Sharp
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1997
Genre: Geology
ISBN: 9780878423620

Eastern California boasts the greatest dryland relief in the contiguous United States, offering a rich variety of environments and spectacular geology. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and diagrams, Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley provides an on-the-ground look at the processes sculpting the terrain in this land of extremes for everyone interested in how the earth works.

Guidebook; Death Valley Region, California and Nevada

Guidebook; Death Valley Region, California and Nevada
Author: Geological Society Of America
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2017-10-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780266879046

Excerpt from Guidebook; Death Valley Region, California and Nevada: Prepared for 70th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section, the Geological Society of America, Field Trip Number 1 This guidebook was prepared for use on a 3-day bus trip of the Death Valley region, that starts and ends in Las Vegas, Nevada. The second and third day's trips begin in Shoshone, California. The guide may be useful to others who wish to follow selected segments of the trip or to review in more detail some of the geologic features of part of the Death Valley region which are highlighted in this guide. The guide book can and should be supplemented by additional reports and maps. General papers and selected papers pertaining to areas along the route are included in the references. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.