Geology and America's National Park Areas - Hardcover

Ellwood, Brooks B.

9780023327537: Geology and America's National Park Areas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0023327537 ISBN 13: 9780023327537

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1996

Designed for teaching a college-level course on national park areas to students or as an introduction to geology. An introduction to geology is followed by 15 chapters covering topics ranging from plate tectonics to glaciation, environments from deserts to the marine system, and national park cultural areas. Includes ample b&w photographs and maps. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Unique in approach, this text provides a general introduction to geology -- with examples drawn almost exclusively from the U.S. National Parks, national monuments, and a number of other park areas under the jurisdiction of the U.S. National Park Service. In doing so, it provides an overview of the U.S. geological setting and introduces basic concepts of physical geology -- together with some historical geology and interesting cultural areas not covered in other similar texts.

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Key Benefit: Unique in approach, this book provides a general introduction to geology — with examples drawn almost exclusively from the U.S. National Parks, national monuments, and a number of other park areas under the jurisdiction of the U.S. National Park Service. In doing so, it provides an overview of the U.S. geological setting and introduces basic concepts of physical geology — together with some historical geology and interesting cultural areas.Key Topics: Provides a broad introduction to the regional geology of the U.S. park system by covering the general background and geologic history of all the parks known specifically as National Parks (54), a large number of national monuments (74), and some other geologically significant park areas. Offers a general overview of cultural areas of the parks — e.g., Anasazi, other Native Americans in the Southwest, Sinagua culture, military parks. Includes maps.

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