Geology Underfoot in Central Nevada
The Silver State is a geologist's playground, with great topographic relief exposing spectacular geology. Cutting a wide swath that straddles U.S. 50, Geology Underfoot in Central Nevada explores... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0878424180
ISBN13:9780878424184
Release Date:October 2000
Publisher:Mountain Press Publishing Company
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
very useful and clearly written
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
As an amateur geologist (minor in geology in college) I found this book to be very illuminating, clearly written and very useful as a field guide during my travels through Nevada. MacPhee is a poet of great power, who forunately turned his attention to geology and is a joy to read, but his books would never be as useful as this one for actual journeys when you might be trying to identify details in the landscape.
Author's review
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
We wrote this book to let people know about a place we know well, a vast and beautiful landscape that lies hidden behind the clanging slot machines and roulette wheels that people associate with Nevada. This is a dynamic landscape created by glaciers, vast lakes, desert winds, and explosive volcanism. We lead you to active faults that have produced violent earthquakes, hot springs where steam escapes from far below, ghost towns where men once toiled for gold, and 10,000-year-old petroglyphs left behind by ancient inhabitants. We'd like to invite you on a trip that may change your mind about Nevada; we'll be your guides, but the land itself is the storyteller.
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