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title Geology of the Great Basin Max C Fleischmann Series in Great Basin - photo 1

title:Geology of the Great Basin Max C. Fleischmann Series in Great Basin Natural History
author:Fiero, Bill.
publisher:University of Nevada Press
isbn10 | asin:0874170842
print isbn13:9780874170849
ebook isbn13:9780874173895
language:English
subjectGeology--Great Basin, Mines and mineral resources--Great Basin, Hydrology--Great Basin.
publication date:1986
lcc:QE79.F54 1986eb
ddc:557.9
subject:Geology--Great Basin, Mines and mineral resources--Great Basin, Hydrology--Great Basin.
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Geology of the Great Basin
Page ii BOOKS IN THE FLEISCHMANN SERIES IN GREAT BASIN NATURAL HISTORY - photo 2
Page ii
BOOKS IN THE FLEISCHMANN SERIES IN GREAT BASIN NATURAL HISTORY
Trees of the Great Basin: A Natural History
by Ronald M. Lanner
Birds of the Great Basin: A Natural History
by Fred A. Ryser, Jr.
Geology of the Great Basin
by Bill Fiero
Page iii MAX C FLEISCHMANN SERIES IN GREAT BASIN NATURAL HISTORY - photo 3
Page iii
MAX. C FLEISCHMANN SERIES IN GREAT BASIN NATURAL HISTORY
Page iv Geology of the Great Basin Bill Fiero - photo 4
Page iv
Geology of the Great Basin
Bill Fiero
Page vi GREAT BASIN SERIES EDITOR JOHN F STETTER Copyright University - photo 5
Page vi
GREAT BASIN SERIES EDITOR: JOHN F. STETTER
Copyright University of Nevada Press 1986
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Designed by David Comstocks
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Fiero, Bill, 1936
Geology of the Great Basin.
(Max. C. Fleischmann series in Great Basin natural
history)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. GeologyGreat Basin. 2. Mines and mineral
resourcesGreat Basin. 3. HydrologyGreat
Basin. I. Title. II. Series.
QE79.F54 1986 557.9 85-14001
ISBN 0-87417-083-4.
ISBN 0-87417-084-2 (pbk.)
Cover photograph: Death Valley. John Running.
page i. Hot springs, Black Rock Desert, Nevada. John
Running.
page ii. The Black Rock. Tom Brownold.
page iii. Cathedral Goarge, Nevada. Tom Brownold.
title page (ivv). High Rock Canyon, Nevada. Tony
Diebold.
pages vivii. Great Salt Desert. John Running.
page viii. Zabriske Point, Death Valley. John Running.
05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 9 8 7 6 5
Page vii
For my family, in recognition of the love and support that
allows each of us the confidence to stand alone with our
heads tall and with our minds stretched toward the stars.
And for the family of man, in the belief that we will all
learn to do the same, in respect and peacerecognizing
the common strength we derive from diversity.
Page viii
Page ix CONTENTS Preface xi I Rocks C - photo 6
Page ix
CONTENTS
Preface
xi
I. Rocks, Concepts, and Processes
1. Introduction
1
2. The Great Basin
6
3. Raw Materials of the Great Basin
11
4. Understanding the Earth
25
5. Time, the Relentless Flow
31
6. Fossils, the Timekeepers
37
7. The Restless Earth
45
8. Shaping of the Land
51
II. Great Basin History
9. The Prepaleozoic
67
10. The Paleozoic
79
11. The Mesozoic
97
12. The Cenozoic
117
III. The Great Basin Today
13. Mineral Resources
143
14. Water
165
15. Caves
175
16. Selected Great Basin Parks
179
17. The Future
189
Acknowledgments
191
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