Geology underfoot in western Washington / Dave Tucker.

Author
Tucker, David S. (David Samuel) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Missoula, Montana : Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2015.
Description
xi, 374 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm

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    Summary note
    Geology of Washington State, including tours of various state locations identified by the local geology.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-362) and index.
    Contents
    • The geology of western Washington
    • Native legend as geologic fact : bridge of the gods and the Bonneville landslide
    • The rocky guts of a volcano : Beacon Rock and the Missoula floods
    • The rocky guts of a volcano
    • Changes at the mouth of the Columbia River
    • Witness to a giant earthquake
    • Far-traveled lava
    • Enigma on the prairie
    • Cave of the apes
    • Looking down the gun barrel
    • The life of an andesite stratovolcano
    • Debris flows and disappearing ice
    • Buried in ice--repeatedly
    • Wandering rocks
    • Stop erosion
    • Urban geology
    • Something missing tells a tale
    • Seafloor in the sky
    • A spit in the sea
    • The deep core of the North Cascades
    • Rising granite
    • Honeycomb weathering
    • The big bird of Western Washington
    • Calderas and columns
    • GPS positions for selected waypoints
    • Glossary
    • Sources of more information
    • Index.
    ISBN
    • 9780878426409 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 087842640X ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2015003228
    OCLC
    900032750
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