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Price: $18.00
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Sale: $5.55
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Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Halka Chronic
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Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.91
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Publication Date: 1983-04-01
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Reading Level: 322
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Description: Roadside Geology of Hawai`i details the evolution of this volcanic island chain, from the origin of a hot spot and the tumultuous creation of each island to ongoing eruptions and the gradual death and erosion of old volcanoes. Residents and tourists alike will soon become experts on lava tubes and lava flows, ancient beaches and coral reefs, ephemeral black sand beaches and the occasional tsunami. Includes a chapter each on six easily accessible and populated islands: Hawai`i , Maui, Lana`i, Moloka`i, O`ahu, and Kaua`i. Each chapter begins with a general discussion of the rocks of that island, then proceeds with a seres of road guides that provide the local details.
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Price: $20.00
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Sale: $12.15
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Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Halka Chronic
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Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Edition: 2nd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.88
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Publication Date: 2002-08-01
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Reading Level: 398
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Description: The rocks and landforms have not changed much since the publication of the first edition of the Roadside Geology of Colorado in 1980, but our understanding of them has. With expanded coverage, updated maps, new photographs, and the latest geologic interpretations, this nontechnical guide introduces you to the tumultuous geological history of Colorado s mountains, plateaus, and plains. The second edition includes tours of Black Canyon in Gunnison National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Dinosaur National Monument, Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve, Mesa Verde National Park, and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.
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Price: $18.00
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Sale: $9.95
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Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: David Lageson
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Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Edition: 2nd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.87
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Publication Date: 1988-07-01
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Reading Level: 271
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Description: As John McPhee noted in In Suspect Terrain, one of the unintended consequences of large highways is how much they help geologists -- and casual travellers -- learn about geology by exposing geological strata in roadcuts. There are no better books for roadside geologizing than the Roadside Geology series. When I had a car, a copy of the appropriate title from the series was always on the dashboard, ready for consultation whenever an interesting formation or landscape appeared around the next bend. This is just one of a large series of Roadside Geology books. Take your pick(s), and learn about the Earth on your next trip! [ Alaska | Arizona | California (Northern) | California (Southern) | Colorado | Hawaii | Idaho | Louisiana | Montana | New Mexico | New York | Oregon | Pennsylvania | South Dakota | Texas | Yellowstone Country | Utah | Vermont and New Hampshire | Virginia | Washington | Wyoming ] Related Books: [ Great Smoky Mountains National Park | Roadside Kansas: A Traveler's Guide to Its Geology and Landmarks | U S Interstate 80 Between Salt Lake City and San Francisco ]
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Sale: $7.95
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Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Darwin Spearing
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Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Edition: Revised
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.64
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Publication Date: 1991-04-01
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Reading Level: 418
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Description: The geologic panorama of Texas is as wide as the state is big, sweeping from volcanic mesas and thrusting mountains in the west to the red canyons of the Panhandle, along tropical sand barriers of the Gulf Coast, and across central limestone plateaus to the hard granitic terrain of central Texas. Learn about the rocks as you come to them--what they are, when they formed, what they mean, and how they fit into the big picture of the geology of Texas.
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Price: $18.00
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Sale: $10.70
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Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Halka Chronic
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Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.89
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Publication Date: 1987-10-01
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Reading Level: 255
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Description: The "Land of Enchantment," New Mexico is as varied in its scenery as its nickname suggests. With desert lowlands in the south and high, hoary peaks in the north, with rugged volcanic uplands and colorful plateaus, with high plains along its eastern border, and with a great rift valley that quite literally slashes the state in two, New Mexico's landscape tells a dramatic story that spans more than one billion years.
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Price: $14.00
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Sale: $5.98
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Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Robert P. Sharp
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Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.949
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Publication Date: 1993-04-01
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Reading Level: 224
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Description: Reading the rocks like pages in a book, Geology Underfoot in Southern California offers an inside view of the southland's active and sometimes enigmatic landscape. Twenty vignettes each weave a geologic story of a particular scene, relationship, or feature. Some spotlight well-known landmarks, while others describe subtle relationships among the earth's awesome forces. Together these snapshots introduce readers to southern California's rich, dynamic, and even flamboyant geology.
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Price: $18.00
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Sale: $6.38
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Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: David D. Alt
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Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.97
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Publication Date: 1984-09-01
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Reading Level: 290
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Description: The geology of Washington is a story of islands--micro-continents--coming in from the sea. Two hundred million years ago most of Washington consisted of two large islands, each one a scrap of continent, lying somewhere in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. One after the other they docked onto the North American continent, each adding its distinctive bit to the complex geologic and geographic mosaic of western North America.
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Price: $16.00
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Sale: $2.94
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Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: David D. Alt
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Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.95
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Publication Date: 1978-06-01
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Reading Level: 280
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Description: Until about 200 million years ago, the western margin of North America lay to the east, along the present Idaho border, and a broad coastal plain spread westward into Oregon. The rest of the state was ocean floor. Then the continent began moving slowly westward away from Europe and the floor of the Pacific Ocean began sliding beneath the western edge. That is what created Oregon, and this book tells how it happened.
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Price: $18.00
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Sale: $9.19
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Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Robert P. Sharp
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Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.9487
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Publication Date: 1997-10-01
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Reading Level: 319
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Description: Eastern California boasts the greatest dryland relief in the contiguous United States, between 14,499-foot Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada and minus-282-foot Badwater Basin in Death Valley. That relief offers a rich variety of environments--and spectacular geology. Through driving and walking tours, Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley provides an on-the-ground look at the processes sculpting the terrain in this land of extremes. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and diagrams, each geological vignette weaves the tale of a particular scene, feature, or relationship in the landscape. Some sketches ponder questions that have puzzled geologists: what formed the turtlebacks in the Black Mountains and how do stones mysteriously slide on desolate Racetrack Playa? Others spotlight the role of volcanoes and earthquakes as landscape artists: the superb lava columns of Devil's Postpile, the massive steam explosion at Ubehebe Crater, and fault scarps that shape a golf course's greens. Still others focus on less obvious but equally powerful geologic processes: boulders shattered by salt crystals and rocks blasted by windblown sand. Together, these snapshots introduce readers to eastern California's rich, dynamic geology.
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Price: $14.00
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Sale: $6.98
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Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Bradford B. Van Diver
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Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.42
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Publication Date: 1987-03-01
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Reading Level: 230
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Description: This book is for everyone who ever traveled in these lovely states and wondered about the meaning of their landscapes and tortured rocks. Since it is a book for the traveler, it concentrates on what you can see from a car, yet it points out interesting places to stop and examine rocks you can get close to, touch, or even sample. It addresses the broad plate tectonic concepts of opening and closing oceans, volcanism, mountain building, and colliding continents.
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