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9780199301201

Geology and Landscapes of America's National Parks

by Osleger, David
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    9780199301201

  • ISBN10:

    0199301204

  • eBook ISBN(s):

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2021-12-01
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Author Biography

David Osleger (Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute) is a Professor at the University of California Davis. He was the recipient, in 2012, of the UC Davis Academic Senate Undergraduate Distinguished Teaching Award. In his research Dr. Osleger applies stratigraphy and sedimentology to paleoenvironments, paleoceanography, and paleolimnology.

Table of Contents

Prologue

1: Inner Earth, Plate Tectonics, Rocks, and Deep Time

PART 1: National Parks of the Colorado Plateau
2: Colorado Plateau Geologic Province
3: Grand Canyon NP
4: Zion NP
5: Bryce Canyon NP
7: Arches NP
8: Canyonlands NP
9: Dinosaur NM
10: Colorado NM
11: Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP

PART 2: Volcanic National Parks of the Cascades
12: Cascades Geologic Province
13: Mount Saint Helens NM
14: Mount Rainier NP
15: Crater Lake NP
16: Lassen Volcanic NP

PART 3: National Parks of the Sierra Nevada
17: Sierra Nevada Geologic Province
18: Yosemite NP
19: Sequoia and Kings Canyon NPs

PART 4: National Parks of the Rocky Mountains
20: Rocky Mountains Geologic Province
21: Rocky Mountains NP
22: Glacier NP

PART 5: National Parks of the Basin & Range
23: Basin & Range Geologic Province
24: Death Valley NP
25: Grand Teton NP

PART 6: National Parks of the Active Pacific Margin
26: Pacific Margin Geologic Province
27: Joshua Tree & Channel Islands NPs
28: Pinnacles NP
29: Point Reyes NS
30: Olympic National Park

PART 7: National Parks Related to Hot Spots
31: Yellowstone National Park
32: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

PART 8: Evolution of the American Cordillera
33: Geologic History of the American West
34: Origin of the Grand Canyon

PART 9: Select National Parks of the Appalachian Geologic Province
35: Appalachian Geologic Province
36: Shenandoah NP
37: Great Smoky Mountains NP
38: Acadia NP
39: Mammoth Cave NP

EPILOGUE: Environmental Threats to Our National Parks

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