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1 online resource (xii, 242 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
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Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 A Land of Scenery and Violence; 2 In the Wake of the Yellowstone Hotspot; 3 Cataclysm!: The Hotspot Reaches Yellowstone; 4 How Yellowstone Works; 5 The Broken Earth: Why the Tetons Are Grand; 6 Ice over Fire: Glaciers Carve the Landscape; 7 Future Disasters; 8 Grand Teton Tour; 9 Yellowstone Tour; Internet Sites; References; Index |
| Summary |
Millions of years ago, the North American continent was dragged over the world's largest continental hotspot, a huge column of hot and molten rock rising from the Earth's interior that traced a 50-mile wide, 500-mile-long path northeastward across Idaho. Generating cataclysmic volcanic eruptions and large earthquakes, the hotspot helped lift the Yellowstone Plateau to more than 7,000 feet and pushed the northern Rockies to new heights, forming unusually large glaciers to carve the landscape. It also created the jewel of the U.S. national park system: Yellowstone. Meanwhile, forces stretching a |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Geology -- Yellowstone National Park
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Geology -- Wyoming -- Grand Teton National Park
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- General.
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Geology
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Geologie
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United States -- Yellowstone National Park
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Wyoming -- Grand Teton National Park
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Yellowstone National Park
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Grand Teton National Park
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Siegel, Lee J., author.
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| ISBN |
9780195355604 |
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0195355601 |
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128076094X |
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9781280760945 |
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