California's Amazing Geology
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California's Amazing Geology

  1. 404 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

California's Amazing Geology

About this book

California has some of the most distinctive and unique geology in the United States. It is the only state with all three types of plate boundaries, an extraordinary history of earthquakes and volcanoes, and many rocks and minerals found nowhere else. The Golden State includes both the highest and lowest points in the continental US and practically every conceivable geological feature known. This book discusses not only the important geologic features of each region in California but also the complex geologic four-dimensional puzzle of how California was assembled, beginning over two billion years ago. The author provides an up-to-date and authoritative review of the geology and geomorphology of each geologic province, as well as recent revelations of the tectonic history of California's past. There are separate chapters on some of California's distinctive geologic resources, including gold, oil, water, coastlines, and fossils. An introductory section describes basic rock and mineral types and fundamental aspects of plate tectonics, so that students and other readers can make sense of the bizarre, wild, and crazy jigsaw puzzle that is California's geological history.

In this second edition, the book has an entirely new final section, "California's Environmental Hazards and Challenges," with new chapters on California's landslides, air and water pollution, renewable energy, and the future of climate change in California.

Key Features

  • Thoroughly updates the market-leading textbook on California's geology
  • Is written by an author with 30 years of teaching geology and leading field trips in California
  • Introduces California's unique geological history
  • Covers fundamentals of geology
  • Characterizes specific geographical regions of California
  • Describes major geological resources of California
  • Summarizes the paleontology of California
  • Reviews the likely impact of climate change on California's environment

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781003838081
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Biology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments or Credits List
  8. About the Author
  9. Chapter 1 The Golden State
  10. Chapter 2 Building Blocks: Minerals and Rocks
  11. Chapter 3 Dating California: Stratigraphy and Geochronology
  12. Chapter 4 The Big Picture: Tectonics and Structural Geology
  13. Chapter 5 Earthquakes and Seismology
  14. Chapter 6 Young Volcanoes: The Cascades and Modoc Plateau
  15. Chapter 7 The Broken Land: The Basin and Range Province
  16. Chapter 8 Gold, Glaciers, and Granitics: The Sierra Nevada
  17. Chapter 9 Mantle Rocks and Exotic Terranes: The Klamath Mountains
  18. Chapter 10 Oil and Agriculture: The Great Valley
  19. Chapter 11 The San Andreas Fault System
  20. Chapter 12 Mélanges, Granitics, and Ophiolites: The Coast Ranges
  21. Chapter 13 Compression, Rotation, Uplift: The Transverse Ranges and Adjacent Basins
  22. Chapter 14 Granitics, Gravels, and Gems: The Peninsular Ranges and Salton Trough
  23. Chapter 15 Assembling California: A Four-Dimensional Jigsaw Puzzle
  24. Chapter 16 California’s Gold
  25. Chapter 17 California’s Oil and Gas
  26. Chapter 18 California’s Water
  27. Chapter 19 California’s Coasts
  28. Chapter 20 California’s Fossil Resources
  29. Chapter 21 California’s Slippery Slopes
  30. Chapter 22 California’s Air and Water Pollution
  31. Chapter 23 California’s Renewable Energy Resources
  32. Chapter 24 Climate Change and California’s Future Environment
  33. Index