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Roadside Geology of Idaho

Roadside Geology of Idaho

by Paul K. Link, Shawn Willsey, and Keegan Schmidt

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Learn about the Geology of Idaho with maps, photos and expert descriptions! This 6"x9" paperback has 385 pages that are packed with detailed information about Idaho Geology. Completely revised second edition. See table of contents below.

Roadside Geology of Idaho
Table of Contents

IDAHO GEOLOGY MAP
x
PREFACE
xii
INTRODUCTION
1
    Geology Basics
2
    Plate Tectonics
5
    Idaho's Geologic History
6
SNAKE RIVER PLAIN
15
    Yellowstone Hotspot
16
    Basaltic Volcanism
19
    Lake Idaho
22
    Owyhee Mountains
24
    Bonneville Flood
24
GUIDES TO THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN
    I-15: Pocatello - Idaho Falls - Monida Pass at Montana Border
26
    I-84: Oregon Border - Boise - Twin Falls - I-86 Junction
31
        Malad Gorge of Thousand Springs State Park
37
    I-86: I-84 Junction - Pocatello
40
    US 20: Mountain Home - Carey
43
    US 20: Arco - Idaho Falls
47
    US 20: Idaho Falls - Montana Border
50
        1976 Teton Dam Disaster
52
        Mesa Falls Scenic Byway
53
    US 26: US 20 Junction - Blackfoot
56
    US 30: Bliss - Twin Falls
58
        Bliss Slide
61
        Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
63
        Ritter Island and Box Canyon
63
    US 93: Jackpot, Nevada - Shoshone - Arco
66
        Snake River Canyon
70
        Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
74
    US 95: Oregon Border - Weiser
78
    ID 32 (Teton Scenic Byway): Tetonia - Ashton
81
    ID 33: US 26 Junction - Howe - Rexburg
83
        ID 22 to Dubois
86
        Menan Buttes
87
    ID 46: Wendell - Fairfield
88
        Little City of Rocks
89
    ID 51: Nevada Border - Mountain Home
90
    ID 75: Shoshone - Timmerman Junction
94
        Black Magic Canyon
96
    ID 78: Marsing - Hammett
97
        Lizard Butte
99
        Upper Reynolds Creek Road
100
        Celebration Park
101
        Bruneau Dunes State Park
102
BASIN AND RANGE
105
    Neoproterozoic to Mesozoic Sedimentary Rocks
108
        Phosphate Mining
110
    Sevier Fold-and-Thrust Belt
111
    Metamorphic Core Complexes
113
    Lake Bonneville
114
GUIDES TO THE BASIN AND RANGE
    I-15: Utah Border - Pocatello
114
    I-84: I-86 Junction - Utah Border
122
    US 26: Idaho Falls - Swan Valley - Wyoming Border
125
    US 30: McCammon - Soda Springs - Wyoming Border
129
    US 89: Utah Border - Montpelier - Wyoming Border
135
        Minnetonka Cave
136
    US 91: Utah Border - Preston - I-15 Junction
138
    US 93: Arco - Challis
142
    ID 28: Mud Lake - Leadore - Salmon
148
    ID 31: Swan Valley - Victor
156
    ID 34: Preston - Soda Springs - Wyoming Border
159
    ID 36: Malad City - Preston - Montpelier
165
    ID 37 and ID 38: American Falls - Malad City
172
    ID 77: Malta - Declo
176
        City of Rocks National Reserve
178
WESTERN MARGIN
181
    A Pacific Ocean Crustal Collage
182
    Terrane Collision and the Salmon River Suture Zone
184
    Miocene Flood Basalts
188
    Canyon Cutting, Uplift, and Ice-Age Floods
192
GUIDES TO THE WESTERN MARGIN
    US 12: Lewiston - Kooskia
194
    US 95: Weiser - New Meadows
202
        Hells Canyon Road
205
    US 95: New Meadows - Grangeville
209
        Salmon River Road from Riggins
214
        Hells Canyon at Pittsburg Landing
222
    US 95: Grangeville - Lewiston Hill
227
    ID 13: Grangeville - Kooskia
233
    ID 14: ID 13 Junction - Elk City
235
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
244
    Lemhi Subbasin
245
    Rodinia Rifting
247
    Antler Orogeny
248
    Big Collisions and the Idaho Batholith
249
    Eocene Extension and the Challis Magmatic Event
251
    Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Time
254
GUIDES TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
    US 12: Kooskia - Lolo Pass at Montana Border
255
        Coolwater Culmination along Selway Road
258
    US 93: Challis - Salmon - Lost Trail Pass at Montana Border
261
    ID 21: Boise - Stanley
265
    ID 55: Boise - New Meadows
271
        Snowbank Mountain
276
    ID 75: Timmerman Junction - Ketchum - Stanley
278
        Trail Creek Road
284
    ID 75: Stanley - Challis
288
NORTHERN IDAHO
293
    Ancient Continental Basement Rocks
293
    Belt Supergroup of a Long-Lived Continental Basin
294
    Sevier Fold-and-Thrust Belt and the Kaniksu and Idaho Batholiths
299
    Eocene Magmatism and the Priest River Core Complex
300
    Miocene Flood Basalts on the Edge of the Columbia Plateau
302
    Purcell Ice Lobe and the Rathdrum Prairie
302
GUIDES TO NORTHERN IDAHO
    I-90: Post Falls - Lookout Pass at Montana Border
305
        Tubbs Hill
308
    US 2 and ID 200: Newport - Sandpoint - Montana Border
316
        Priest Lake
318
    US 95: Lewiston - Moscow - Coeur d'Alene
326
    US 95: Coeur d'Alene - Sandpoint - Canadian Border
332
        Farragut State Park
334
        Round Mountain and the Priest River Core Complex
335
        Flood Megaripples and Spirit Lake
336
    ID 3: US 12 Junction - St. Maries - I-90 Junction
342
GLOSSARY
352
REFERENCES
360
INDEX
367


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