California geology /
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| Language: | English |
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Upper Saddle River, NJ :
Pearson/Prentice Hall,
©2004.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Plate tectonics and California
- California's rocks
- Geologic time, dating Earth materials, and California fossils
- Geologic information
- Young volcanoes: the Cascades, the Modoc Plateau, and the Long Valley Caldera
- California's deserts: climate, changing environments, and resources
- The basin and range and Mojave desert: old rocks and young faults
- The Sierra Nevada: granite, gold, and glaciers
- The Klamath Mountains: accreted terranes and a view of the mantle
- Water in California
- The Great Valley: sediments and soils
- The coast ranges: mountains of complexity
- Earthquakes, faults, and seismic safety
- The San Andreas Fault system
- The California coast
- The transverse ranges, the Los Angeles Basin, and the offshore islands: compression and rapid change
- The peninsular ranges
- The evolution of California through geologic time
- Geology and California citizens: risks, resources, and a beautiful place.