Geology Of Southern California

Author : Arthur G. Sylvester
Publisher : Roadside Geology
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Science
ISBN : 0878426531

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Roadside Geology of Southern California by Arthur G. Sylvester Pdf

Since Mountain Press started the Roadside Geology series forty years ago, southern Californians have been waiting for an RG of their own. During those four decades�which were punctuated by jarring earthquakes and landslides�geologists continued to unravel the complexity of the Golden State, where some of the most dramatic and diverse geology in the world erupts, crashes, and collides. With dazzling color maps, diagrams, and photographs, Roadside Geology of Southern California takes advantage of this newfound knowledge, combining the latest science with accessible stories about the rocks and landscapes visible from winding two-lane byways as well as from the region�s vast network of highways. Join Arthur Sylvester, an award-winning UC Santa Barbara geologist, and Elizabeth O�Black Gans, a geologist-illustrator, as they motor through mountains and deserts to explore the iconic features of the SoCal landscape, from boulder piles in Joshua Tree National Park and brilliant white dunes in the Channel Islands to tar seeps along the rugged coast and youthful cinder cones in the Mojave Desert. Whether you want to find precious gemstones, ponder the mysteries of the Salton Sea, or straddle the boundary between the North American and Pacific Plates, be sure to bring this book along as your tour guide.

Author : Clarence A. Hall Jr.
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520933262

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Introduction to the Geology of Southern California and Its Native Plants by Clarence A. Hall Jr. Pdf

With its active fault systems, complex landforms, and myriad natural habitats, southern California boasts a rich and dynamic geologic environment. This abundantly illustrated volume at last provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible resource for students and general readers interested in southern California's geology and native plants. Covering an extensive area, north from San Diego to Yosemite in the Sierra Nevada and east to the Mojave and Colorado deserts, its unique, comprehensive approach brings together for the first time the basic principles of geology, the story of plate tectonics, in-depth discussion of the geology of many specific locales within the region, and information on identifying southern California's native plants.

Author : Robert Phillip Sharp,Allen F. Glazner
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Geology
ISBN : 0878422897

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Geology Underfoot in Southern California by Robert Phillip Sharp,Allen F. Glazner Pdf

Twenty vignettes focus on particular geologic scenes, relationships, and features of southern California's active landscape.

Author : Robert Matheson Norris,Robert Wallace Webb
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Geology
ISBN : UCSD:31822028160885

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Geology of California by Robert Matheson Norris,Robert Wallace Webb Pdf

This introduction to the geology of California covers all major geomorphic provinces and is organized from north to south.

Author : Ronald Greeley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Arid regions
ISBN : UOM:39015004594944

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Aeolian Features of Southern California by Ronald Greeley Pdf

Author : Richard V. Heermance,Joshua J. Schwartz
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813700595

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From the Islands to the Mountains by Richard V. Heermance,Joshua J. Schwartz Pdf

Author : Richard Lung,Richard Proctor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Engineering geology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032147428

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Engineering Geology in Southern California by Richard Lung,Richard Proctor Pdf

Author : Randall Wagner (Geologist)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Science
ISBN : 1941384218

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Geology of the Coyote Mountains, Southern California by Randall Wagner (Geologist) Pdf

"Published in conjunction with the 2015 field trip of the San Diego Association of Geologists, November 6-8, 2015."

Author : Mary Hill
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520936942

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Geology of the Sierra Nevada by Mary Hill Pdf

Writing with verve and clarity, Mary Hill tells the story of the magnificent Sierra Nevada—the longest, highest, and most spectacular mountain range in the contiguous United States. Hill takes us from the time before the land which would be California even existed, through the days of roaring volcanoes, violent earthquakes, and chilling ice sheets, to the more recent history of the Sierra's early explorers and the generations of adventuresome souls who followed. The author introduces the rocks of the Sierra Nevada, which tell the mountains' tale, and explains how nature's forces, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, faulting, erosion, and glaciation formed the range's world-renowned scenery and mineral wealth, including gold. For thirty years, the first edition of Geology of the Sierra Nevada has been the definitive guide to the Sierra Nevada's geological history for nature lovers, travelers, hikers, campers, and armchair explorers. This new edition offers new chapters and sidebars and incorporates the concept of plate tectonics throughout the text. * Written in easy-to-understand language for a wide audience. * Gives detailed information on where to view outstanding Sierra Nevada geology in some of the world's most beloved natural treasures and national parks, including Yosemite. * Provides specific information on places to see glaciers and glacial deposits, caves, and exhibits of gold mines and mining equipment, many from Gold Rush times. * Superbly illustrated with 117 new color illustrations, 16 halftones, 39 line illustrations, and 12 maps, and also features an easy-to-use, interactive key for identifying rocks and a glossary of geological terms.

Author : California. Division of Mines and Geology
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Geology
ISBN : UCSD:31822031126386

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California Geology by California. Division of Mines and Geology Pdf

Author : Keith Heyer Meldahl
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520280045

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Surf, Sand, and Stone by Keith Heyer Meldahl Pdf

"Meldahl tells the scientific story of the Southern California coast by blending research from geology and oceanography with a compelling narrative and clear illustrations that take readers out in the field with the author to learn about the processes that have generated the coast as it exists today and how the region will change in the future. The author's geographic scope spans from San Diego to Point Conception, taking in coastal portions of San Diego, Orange, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara counties"--Provided by publisher.

Author : John McPhee
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0374706026

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Assembling California by John McPhee Pdf

At various times in a span of fifteen years, John McPhee made geological field surveys in the company of Eldridge Moores, a tectonicist at the University of California at Davis. The result of these trips is Assembling California, a cross-section in human and geologic time, from Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada through the golden foothills of the Mother Lode and across the Great Central Valley to the wine country of the Coast Ranges, the rock of San Francisco, and the San Andreas family of faults. The two disparate time scales occasionally intersect—in the gold disruptions of the nineteenth century no less than in the earthquakes of the twentieth—and always with relevance to a newly understood geologic history in which half a dozen large and separate pieces of country are seen to have drifted in from far and near to coalesce as California. McPhee and Moores also journeyed to remote mountains of Arizona and to Cyprus and northern Greece, where rock of the deep-ocean floor has been transported into continental settings, as it has in California. Global in scope and a delight to read, Assembling California is a sweeping narrative of maps in motion, of evolving and dissolving lands.

Author : John C. Crowell
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813723671

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Evolution of Ridge Basin, Southern California by John C. Crowell Pdf

Author : Robert Thomas Hill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : California
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032216843

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Southern California Geology and Los Angeles Earthquakes by Robert Thomas Hill Pdf

Author : Clarence A. Hall, Jr.
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813722665

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Geology of the Point Sur-Lopez Point region, Coast Ranges, California: A part of the Southern California allochthon by Clarence A. Hall, Jr. Pdf