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Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Eastern California

Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Eastern California

by Allen F. Glazner, Arthur Gibbs Sylvester, and Robert P. Sharp

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Learn about the Geology of Death Valley and Eastern California with maps, photos and expert descriptions! This 6"x9" paperback has 318 pages that are packed with detailed information about Eastern California and Death Valley Geology. Second edition. See table of contents below.

Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Eastern California
Table of Contents

An Important Note to Readers
vi
Preface
vii
Acknowledgments
viii
THE SUBLIME GEOLOGY OF EASTERN CALIFORNIA
1
   
VIGNETTES
DEATH VALLEY
1. Badwater
9
2. Devils Golf Course and the Badwater Salt Flats
16
3. Natural Bridge Canyon
21
4. Ventifact Ridge
26
5. Artists Drive
32
6. Zabriskie Point, Gower Gulch, and Golden Canyon
37
7. Dantes View
45
8. Lake Manly
57
9. Mesquite Dunes
65
10. Mosaic Canyon
73
11. Salt Creek
83
12. Titus Canyon
89
13. Ubehebe Crater
103
14. The Racetrack
111
15. Rainbow Canyon and Father Crowley Vista Point
121
SOUTHERN APPROACHES
16. The Mojave River
131
17. Trona Pinnacles of Searles Lake
139
18. Fossil Falls
147
19. Ancient Lake Tecopa
155
20. The Resting Spring Pass Tuff
162
OWENS VALLEY, BISHOP, AND LONE PINE
21. Alabama Hills
169
22. Lone Pine Fault and the 1872 Earthquake
177
23. Big Pine Volcanic Field
187
24. Poleta Folds
195
25. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
205
26. Buttermilk Boulders
217
27. Owens River Gorge
229
MAMMOTH LAKES AND MONO CRATERS
28. Hilton Creek Fault at McGee Canyon
239
29. Hot Creek Geological Site
246
30. Mammoth Mountain and Long Valley Caldera
253
31. Devils Postpile
263
32. Obsidian Dome, Inyo Craters, and the Earthquake Fault
271
33. Mono Craters from Punch Bowl to Panum
281
GLOSSARY
290
LIST OF SOURCES
299
INDEX
306
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
316
GEOLOGIC CHECKLIST
318


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