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Title: Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley by Robert P. Sharp, Allen F. Glazner ISBN: 0-87842-362-1 Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Invaluable Info for Locals and Travellers
Comment: Great to take along any drive through the area. Have your passenger read as you go, stop along the way for a closer look. Easy to read, not too "intellectual". This was my favorite guide to the area when I moved here (and still is)!
Rating: 5
Summary: Thoroughly Intriguing!
Comment: The southwest United States is a geomorphologist's dream... There's not a lot of green stuff covering up the beautiful geology! This book details the geologic features of Death and Owens Valley, CA. It gives the geologic history of features while succinctly describing the details of the processes that brought about these features. The Tufa Pinnacles in Searles Valley, the alluvial fans in Death Valley, the interesting history and development of Gower Gulch, the mysterious ascent of desert pavement, the glacial morraines and routes of the Tahoe and Tioga Stade glaciers at Convict Lake, the Mono Craters (Domes), Fossil Falls, the Alabama Hills and more. You'll even get the heebee jeebees when you read about the monstrous explosion of Ubehebe Crater! Certainly one of the most interesting and pleasurable books I've read in ages! Highly recommended for ANYONE who plans a trip to California's awe-inspiring Death Valley and environs! A must have!
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful Ticket to Adventure
Comment: Most years we vacation in Mammoth. This book describes a number of convenient and interesting side trips to take with the family. We wander around, sometimes visiting the same features, sometimes visiting a new site. Always appreciating more & more of the world around us. My children have a much better feel for geological processes and their impact on the landscape than do their peers.
The book starts with a five page description of Eastern California's geological history, then jumps into 30 sites of interest, nearly evenly distributed between Death Valley & vicinity and the Eastern Sierra & vicinity. A glossary, "Sources of Supplementary Information," and an index round out the book.
Each site receives its own chapter, replete with photographs, maps, geological diagrams, and even driving directions, as needed. I'm not a serious geologist, but landscape features fascinate me. The explanations that the authors give work well for me: I can understand them well enough to explain them to children.
If you're interested in how the land has been shaped, if you're willing to turn off the tube & make contact with the natural world, then this book is for you. One of the best "field guides" to geology I own. One of my favorites, too. (The companion volume, GEOLOGY UNDERFOOT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, is also an excellent book).
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Title: Geology Underfoot in Southern California (Yes, Geology Underfoot) by Robert P. Sharp, Allen F. Glazner ISBN: 0878422897 Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park (Travel and Local Interest) by T. Scott Bryan, Betty Tucker-Bryan ISBN: 0870814095 Publisher: University Press of Colorado Pub. Date: 01 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Roadside Geology of Northern and Central California by David Alt, Donald W. Hyndman ISBN: 0878424091 Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Geology Underfoot in Central Nevada (Yes, Geology Underfoot) by Richard L. Orndorff, Robert W. Wieder, Harry F. Filkorn ISBN: 0878424180 Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Road Guide To Death Valley National Park by Barbara Decker, Robert Decker ISBN: 1888898046 Publisher: Double Decker Pr Pub. Date: 15 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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