Geology of the American Southwest

Informationen zum Autor W. Scott Baldridge is a Research Scientist in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Mexico. He is currently an associate editor of the Geological Society of America Bulletin, and has been an associate editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research. In 1998 he received an Excellence in Geophysical Education Award from the American Geophysical Union, and in 2000 a Special Commendation Award from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. He has published widely in the scientific literature. His passion for field geology has taken him to all corners of the American Southwest, and beyond. Klappentext Baldridge provides a concise! accessible account of geology and landscape of the Southwest USA! for students and amateurs in a journey through two billion years of plate tectonic history. Zusammenfassung The Southwest USA is considered a geologist's 'dream'! and attracts a large number of undergraduate field classes! and amateur geologists. This 2004 book provides a concise and accessible account of the geology and landscape of the region! and will prove invaluable to students and amateurs alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Notes and abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Growth of a continent: formation and stabilization of continental lithosphere; 2. Tantalizing time; 3. The international connection: breakup of a supercontinent; 4. Stability to orogeny: transformation of the Western Margin; 5. Pangea! Collision with Gondwana; 6. Deserts to dinosaurs; 7. Western orogeny; 8. The modern Southwest; References; Glossary; Index.

Klappentext
Baldridge provides a concise, accessible account of geology and landscape of the Southwest USA, for students and amateurs in a journey through two billion years of plate tectonic history.

Zusammenfassung
The Southwest USA is considered a geologist's 'dream', and attracts a large number of undergraduate field classes, and amateur geologists. This 2004 book provides a concise and accessible account of the geology and landscape of the region, and will prove invaluable to students and amateurs alike.

Inhalt
Preface; Notes and abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Growth of a continent: formation and stabilization of continental lithosphere; 2. Tantalizing time; 3. The international connection: breakup of a supercontinent; 4. Stability to orogeny: transformation of the Western Margin; 5. Pangea! Collision with Gondwana; 6. Deserts to dinosaurs; 7. Western orogeny; 8. The modern Southwest; References; Glossary; Index.

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