Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley
by Allen F. Glazner and Robert P. Sharp
Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley
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| The Geology of Eastern California |
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| Part 1: Death Valley and Vicinity |
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| 1. An Intrepid Explorer | |
| The Mojave River |
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| 2. A Collector of Volcanic Ashes | |
| Ancient Lake Tecopa |
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| 3. It's a Coal Seam, It's a Dike, It's a Welded Tuff! | |
| The Resting Spring Pass Volcanic Tuff |
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| 4. A Lunar Landscape | |
| The Trona Pinnacles of Searles Lake |
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| 5. A Huge Bathtub without a Drain | |
| Pleistocene Lake Manly and the Salt Pan |
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| 6. Dynamic Desert Landforms | |
| Alluvial Fans and Debris Cones |
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| 7. Youthful Tectonism | |
| Fault Scarps in Fans |
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| 8. Rocks Split Asunder | |
| Salt Weathering |
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| 9. A Tale of Two Mysteries | |
| Turtlebacks and Missing Rocks |
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| 10. True Grit | |
| Sandblasted Stones on Ventifact Ridge |
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| 11. A Diversionary Tale | |
| Gower Gulch |
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| 12. Nature's Crafted Mosaics and the Tanning Process | |
| Desert Pavement and Desert Varnish |
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| 13. Wind at Play in Nature's Sandbox | |
| The Mesquite Dunes |
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| 14. A Cut-and-Fill Saga | |
| Mosaic Canyon |
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| 15. A Big Explosion | |
| Ubehebe Crater |
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| 16. Wind at Work | |
| The Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa |
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| Part 2: Owens Valley and Vicinity |
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| 17. The Falls of an Ice Age | |
| Fossil Falls on Glacial Owens River |
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| 18. A Story of Desiccation | |
| Once-Blue Owens Lake |
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| 19. A Frightful Earthquake | |
| The Owens Valley Shock of 1872 |
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| 20. A Buried, Weathered Giant | |
| The Alabama Hills |
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| 21. Basins and Ranges | |
| The Waucobi Lakebeds |
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| 22. The Oldest Living Things | |
| Bristlecone Pines and the Rocks They Prefer |
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| 23. Dating an Old Glaciation | |
| The Big Pumice Cut |
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| 24. A Disappearing Fault | |
| The Hilton Creek Fault |
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| 25. East Meets West | |
| Glacial Moraines at Convict Lake |
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| 26. A Crack Runs through It | |
| The Earthquake Fault and Inyo Craters |
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| 27. Fun and Games on Living Volcanoes | |
| Mammoth Mountain and Long Valley Caldera |
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| 28. Columnar Jointing at Its Best | |
| Devils Postpile |
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| 29. An Ominous Ooze | |
| Obsidian Dome |
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| 30. Mountains of Glass | |
| The Mono Domes |
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| Glossary |
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| Sources of Supplemental Information |
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| Index |
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