Geology of the American Southwest: A Journey Through Two Billion Years of Plate-Tectonic History"Geology of the American Southwest provides the first concise and accessible account of the geology of the region. It relates local geological events to global plate tectonics, and documents complex episodes of sedimentation, mountain building and crust stretching, describing events leading to features of the modern landscape. Its broad chronological approach differs from other books about the geology of the region, which focus either on smaller regions, or are organized by travel route. This book will prove invaluable to students studying the geology of the southwest. It will also appeal to anyone interested in geology and landscape, and is a valuable guide for visitors to the National Parks of the region."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents
VII | 5 |
VIII | 6 |
IX | 9 |
X | 10 |
XI | 12 |
XII | 15 |
XIII | 20 |
XIV | 23 |
XXXIX | 119 |
XL | 122 |
XLI | 130 |
XLII | 132 |
XLIII | 141 |
XLIV | 149 |
XLV | 153 |
XLVI | 154 |
XV | 26 |
XVI | 30 |
XVII | 34 |
XVIII | 38 |
XIX | 41 |
XX | 42 |
XXI | 45 |
XXII | 47 |
XXIII | 59 |
XXIV | 63 |
XXV | 65 |
XXVI | 66 |
XXVII | 70 |
XXVIII | 73 |
XXIX | 76 |
XXX | 81 |
XXXI | 93 |
XXXII | 94 |
XXXIV | 97 |
XXXV | 99 |
XXXVI | 109 |
XXXVII | 117 |
XXXVIII | 118 |
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Geology of the American Southwest: A Journey through Two Billion Years of ... W. Scott Baldridge No preview available - 2004 |
Common terms and phrases
adjacent approximately areas Arizona basaltic Basin and Range beds Blakey boundary caldera California Cambrian carbonate central chapter Chinle Formation Colorado Plateau comprise conglomerate continent continental crust continental margin craton Cretaceous crustal deformation deposited Dolomite dolostone dune eruptions exposed extension Farallon plate faults foreland formed geologic Grand Canyon Grenville Grenville orogeny Group interpreted Jurassic Laramide Laramide orogeny Laurentia layers limestone lithosphere lower mafic magmatic mantle margin of Laurentia Mazatzal Mesoproterozoic Mexico middle Mississippian mudstone Nevada North America northern oceanic crust Ordovician orogeny overlying Paleoproterozoic Paleozoic Pangea Pennsylvanian Permian Precambrian Proterozoic Quartzite Range province region rift rift-to-drift rocks Rodinia sand Sandstone sea level sedimentary sediments sequence Sevier Shale shallow shelf siltstone southeastern southern Southwest strata stratigraphic subduction zone supercontinent tectonic terranes Texas thick transgression Triassic tuff Uncompahgre unconformity units uplift upper Utah volcanic field Western Interior seaway western margin western USA Yavapai