The Geology of Southern Vancouver Island

The Geology of Southern Vancouver Island
Author: C. J. Yorath
Publisher: Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Pub.
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2005
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Vancouver Island's peaceful, bucolic nature betrays little of its violent natural history, but in Geology of Southern Vancouver Island fascinating events in the turbulent geological history and architecture of the Island are revealed.

Roadside Geology of Southern British Columbia

Roadside Geology of Southern British Columbia
Author: William Henry Mathews
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Automobile travel
ISBN: 9781926613345

"You are not going to want to drive anywhere in southern BCwithout it! Fabulous content-rich in roadside detail along with Jim Monger's big-picture context." —Jim Ryan, newsletter of the Cordilleran Section of the Geological Association of Canada Roadside Geology of Southern British Columbia explains the province's tumultuous geologic history in simple terms. Thirty-one descriptive road guides, complete with maps, photographs and diagrams, help you locate and interpret the rocks and landforms visible from the province's highways and ferry routes. Discover a lava flow that chilled beneath ice. Learn how Ripple Rock claimed24 ships before engineers finally blew it up. Drive across a slow-moving earthflow that has played havoc with roads since the gold-rush days. This book covers the geological features in the lower third of British Columbia—from just north of 100 Mile House down to the Canada-United States border.

Roadside Geology of Southern British Columbia

Roadside Geology of Southern British Columbia
Author: William Henry Mathews
Publisher: Mountain Press
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2005
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Southern British Columbia, from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to the Alberta border east of Golden, spans the Canadian Cordillera, a mountainous region with a tumultuous geologic history that continues to evolve with every volcanic eruption, landslide, and earthquake. Introductory sections of this guidebook interpret the geologic complexity of four regions-Vancouver Island, the Coast, the Interior Plateaus, and the Columbia and Rocky Mountains-and thirty-one road guides describe the rocks and landforms that are visible from the province's highways and ferry routes. Discover lava that chilled beneath ice, learn how engineers blew up a shoal in the narrowest part of the Inside Passage, and drive across a slow-moving earthflow. Book jacket.