Geology Of The Great Basin
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| Author | : Bill Fiero |
| Publisher | : University of Nevada Press |
| Total Pages | : 441 |
| Release | : 2009-10-15 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0874178037 |
Geology of the Great Basin is the essential introduction to the geology of this physically complex, ever-changing region. Written in a clear, succinct style and generously illustrated with photographs, diagrams, and maps, the book describes the fundamentals of geologic processes, then discusses the physical attributes and geologic history of the Great Basin. The author also offers readers information about specific sites where significant geologic features can be observed. The book, first published in 1986, is now available in a new, easier-to-handle paperback edition that will make it more convenient for classroom use and for readers who want to carry it with them in their car or backpack.
| Author | : Donald Grayson |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 432 |
| Release | : 2011-04-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0520267478 |
"The Great Basin, centering on Nevada and including substantial parts of California, Oregon, and Utah, gets its name from the fact that none of its rivers or streams flow to the sea. This book synthesizes the past 25,000 years of the natural history of this vast region. It explores the extinct animals that lived in the Great Basin during the Ice Age and recounts the rise and fall of the massive Ice Age lakes that existed here. It explains why trees once grew 13' beneath what is now the surface of Lake Tahoe, explores the nearly two dozen Great Basin mountain ranges that once held substantial glaciers, and tells the remarkable story of how pinyon pine came to cover some 17,000,000 acres of the Great Basin in the relatively recent past. These discussions culminate with the impressive history of the prehistoric people of the Great Basin, a history that shows how human societies dealt with nearly 13,000 years of climate change on this often-challenging landscape"--Provided by publisher.
| Author | : Genny Smith |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 526 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780520239142 |
"There are few more spectacular drives on Earth than Highway 395 along the foot of the great granite wall of the Sierra Nevada. In Sierra East, Genny Smith and her team of experts tell the story of that amazing terrain, and its fantastic contours, molded by tectonic upthrusts and Pleistocene glaciers; its spectacular weathers; its amazing diversity of plant and animal life; and the human struggles over its life-giving waters."--Harold Gilliam, author of Weather of the San Francisco Bay Region "For those of us who live within the Sierra East territory, this is the 'right' side of California. It is a wondrous place to visit. This book is not a superficial tourist guide to what you may see from the scenic overlooks. It is a real guidebook covering all the natural and unnatural history as well as geology, weather, and water. There are thorough descriptions of plants and animals you may wander across plus information on how they cope with the extreme rigors of the high mountains and harsh deserts."--Sally Gaines, co-founder of the Mono Lake Committee "This is the first comprehensive natural history of the Eastern Sierra. An outstanding team of authors, with years of experience in the region, meets the challenge of covering their specialties from the Mojave Desert to the tops of 14,000-foot mountains. This diverse material is uniformly accessible in a readable style."--Frank L. Powell, Director, White Mountain Research Station, University of California, San Diego
| Author | : John McPhee |
| Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Total Pages | : 166 |
| Release | : 1982-04-01 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0374708568 |
The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world—a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds of discrete high mountain ranges that are green with junipers and often white with snow. The terrain becomes the setting for a lyrical evocation of the science of geology, with important digressions into the plate-tectonics revolution and the history of the geologic time scale.
| Author | : Joan Florsheim |
| Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2021-11-10 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0813700612 |
| Author | : Frank DeCourten |
| Publisher | : Roadside Geology |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780878426720 |
The Silver State has some of the most diverse geology in the United States, and much of it lies in plain sight thanks to the arid climate of the Great Basin. --Publisher.
| Author | : Richard L. Orndorff |
| Publisher | : Mountain Press Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : |
Most people think of Nevada as a land of casinos and drive-in wedding chapels punctuating vast expanses of desolate desert. But at the heart of the Basin and Range province, the Silver State is also a geologist's playground, with great topographic relief
| Author | : Helmut Geist |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2017-09-08 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1351893297 |
This book provides an examination into the causes and prospects of desertification through a systematic review of 132 sub national case studies. It uses a meta-analytical model to determine whether proximate causes and underlying driving forces fall into any patterns, to identify mediating factors, feedbacks, cross-scalar dynamics and typical pathways. It shows a limited set of recurrent core variables in varying combinations to drive desertification. Most prominent root causes are climatic factors, institutions, national policies, population growth and remote economic influences that lead to local cropland expansion, overgrazing and infrastructure extension, associated with desertification as a potential but not necessary outcome. Some factors are geographically robust; most of them are region and time specific.
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0874173434 |
This 10th anniversary edition, with text, photographs, and a new preface by Stephen Trimble, celebrates the Great Basin wilderness in all seasons.
| Author | : John Hart |
| Publisher | : Sierra Club Books for Children |
| Total Pages | : 406 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 9780871566393 |
Veteran backpacker and climber John Hart presents a thoroughly revised version of the only guide to this vast, diverse, rarely traveled wilderness area. Hart details over 200 trails that allow for everything from brief, easy nature walks to rugged treks. 47 maps.
