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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Start your tour of the geological wonders of North America’s national parks with Yellowstone, where the breathtaking landscape inspired the idea of a national park. Focus on the processes that produce Yellowstone’s many geothermal formations, particularly its geysers..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Compare the lessons of hotspot volcanism at Yellowstone with the very different landscape at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, which is also stoked by upwelling magma from Earth’s mantle. Professor Cochran describes rivers of fire on the Big Island of Hawaii and suggests distinctive lava formations to visit..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Travel to Alaska to explore the vast national parks at Katmai and Lake Clark. Katmai was the site of the 20th century’s largest volcanic eruption, while Lake Clark is unusual among national parks for having no roads and being accessible only by boat or small plane..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Visit underground parks, exploring a tiny portion of the hundreds of miles of mapped passages in Mammoth Cave, Wind Cave, and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks. Consider the similarities and differences between these caves—two carved by mildly acidic rainwater, the other by dilute sulfuric acid!.
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Get your feet wet at America’s coastal national parks, where dunes, salt marshes, ponds, and lagoons characterize shorelines. Investigate the myriad dynamic processes at Cape Hatteras, Cape Cod, and Assateague National Seashores, and at Sleeping Bear Dunes, Indiana Dunes, Pictured Rocks, and Apostle Islands National Lakeshores..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Read the evidence in the rocks to discover Yellowstone’s bigger story: the massive volcanic eruptions that created the region and will one day destroy it, the glaciers that shaped the terrain, and the meltwater floods that carved the impressive Grand Canyon of Yellowstone..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A hike along the Appalachian Trail is a journey back in time to a continental collision that raised mountains rivalling the Himalayas—now eroded into the Appalachians. Chart the geology of this ancient chain from Shenandoah National Park to Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Investigate the multitude of geological processes on view at Big Bend National Park in Texas. Here you find signs of continental collisions, volcanic eruptions, dramatic erosion, and other breathtaking events. Then survey another geologist’s paradise—Saguaro National Park..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Learn how seafloor subduction raised a lofty volcano only to obliterate it in a colossal eruption that created Crater Lake in Oregon. Hundreds of miles to the north, tectonic forces upended the imposing mountains of Olympic National Park and formed the high jagged peaks at North Cascades National Park..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
See Petrified Forest National Park, a colorful landscape littered with fossil trees that shaded Earth’s earliest dinosaurs. Here and in other parks in the U.S. and Canada, fossilized flora and fauna open a window on ancient ecosystems, extinct species, and the history of life on Earth..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
At Grand Teton National Park south of Yellowstone, an active fault lifts some of North America’s oldest rocks to the summits of some of the continent’s youngest mountains. Explore these glacier-sculpted peaks, and learn the origin of the broad valley, called Jackson Hole, at the base of the Teton Range..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The story of the tectonic train wreck that built Alaska is written all over the three largest national parks in the U.S.: Wrangell–St. Elias, Gates of the Arctic, and Denali. These remote preserves encompass America’s tallest mountains, all built by subduction zone processes..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Survey the most beautiful valley on Earth: Yosemite. Even for those who have not yet visited, its views are iconic thanks to stunning photos by Ansel Adams and others. Investigate the geological history of the park, focusing on its most distinctive rock type—granite..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Continue your tour of the largest state with stops at two spectacular parks that are popular destinations for cruise ships: Glacier Bay and Kenai Fjords. Discover how glaciers form and examine their historical advance and retreat in this region. Also, learn how a glacier is like a candy bar!.
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Trace the earth-shaking San Andreas fault through a series of national parks and recreation areas—from Point Reyes, Golden Gate, and Pinnacles in the north to the Santa Monica Mountains, Channel Islands, Joshua Tree, and Mexico’s Sierra de San Pedro Martir in the south..
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