Windows into the earth : the geologic story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks /
Millions of years ago, the North American continent was dragged over the world's largest continental hotspot, a huge column of hot and molten rock rising from the Earth's interior that traced a 50-mile wide, 500-mile-long path northeastward across Idaho. Generating cataclysmic volcanic eru...
| Основен автор: | Smith, Robert Baer, 1938- |
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| Други автори: | Siegel, Lee J. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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Print version::
Windows into the earth. |
Съдържание:
- Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 A Land of Scenery and Violence; 2 In the Wake of the Yellowstone Hotspot; 3 Cataclysm!: The Hotspot Reaches Yellowstone; 4 How Yellowstone Works; 5 The Broken Earth: Why the Tetons Are Grand; 6 Ice over Fire: Glaciers Carve the Landscape; 7 Future Disasters; 8 Grand Teton Tour; 9 Yellowstone Tour; Internet Sites; References; Index.