Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley

By Allen F. Glazner, Robert P. Sharp, Allen F Glazner

Book Overview

Eastern California boasts the greatest dryland relief in the contiguous United States--between Mt. Whitney and Death Valley--and that relief exposes spectacular geology. These thirty driving and walking tours each weave the tale of a geological features or relationship in this land of extremes. Some sketches ponder questions that puzzle geologists: how do stones slide across Racetrack playa? Others spotlight the earth-sculpturing role of volcanoes and earthquakes: lava columns at Devils Postpile and fault scarps that shape a golf course. Still others focus on less obvious but equally powerful processes: boulders shattered by salt crystals and rocks blasted by windblown sand.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878423621
• ISBN13: 9780878423620
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Mountain Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"