Geology Field Guide To Southern California
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Author | : Robert Phillip Sharp |
Publisher | : Mountain Press Publishing |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Geology |
ISBN | : 9780878422890 |
Twenty vignettes focus on particular geologic scenes, relationships, and features of southern California's active landscape.
Author | : Robert Phillip Sharp |
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Total Pages | : 181 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Geology |
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Author | : Richard V. Heermance |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2020-06-03 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0813700590 |
Author | : Robert Phillip Sharp |
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Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Science |
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Author | : Clarence A. Hall Jr. |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 545 |
Release | : 2007-10-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0520933265 |
With its active fault systems, complex landforms, and myriad natural habitats, southern California boasts a rich and dynamic geologic environment. This abundantly illustrated volume at last provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible resource for students and general readers interested in southern California's geology and native plants. Covering an extensive area, north from San Diego to Yosemite in the Sierra Nevada and east to the Mojave and Colorado deserts, its unique, comprehensive approach brings together for the first time the basic principles of geology, the story of plate tectonics, in-depth discussion of the geology of many specific locales within the region, and information on identifying southern California's native plants.
Author | : Brian Kraatz |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2017-08-28 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0813700450 |
"This guidebook volume for the 2016 GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting, which was held in Ontario, California, explores varied geological features of southern California and Nevada, including the Mojave Desert and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument"--
Author | : Robert Phillip Sharp |
Publisher | : WCB/McGraw-Hill |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Science |
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Author | : Robert Phillip Sharp |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : California, Southern |
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Author | : Robert Phillip Sharp |
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Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Geology |
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Author | : National Audubon Society |
Publisher | : Knopf |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 1998-05-26 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0679446788 |
The most comprehensive field guide available to the flora and fauna of California--a portable, essential companion for visitors and residents alike--from the go-to reference source for over 18 million nature lovers. This compact volume contains: An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the state's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, butterflies, mammals, and much more; A complete overview of California's natural history, covering geology, wildlife habitats, ecology, fossils, rocks and minerals, clouds and weather patterns and night sky; An extensive sampling of the area's best parks, preserves, beaches, forests, islands, and wildlife sanctuaries, with detailed descriptions and visitor information for 50 sites and notes on dozens of others. The guide is packed with visual information -- the 1,500 full-color images include more than 1,300 photographs, 14 maps, and 16 night-sky charts, as well as 150 drawings explaining everything from geological processes to the basic features of different plants and animals.