Windows into the Earth
Robert Baer Smith(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 25. May 2000
Book
Hardback
254 pages
978-0-19-510596-4 (ISBN)
Description
Millions of years ago, the North American continent was dragged over the world's largest continental hotspot (a huge column of molten rock rising from the earth's interior), tracing a 5 mile wide, 500 mile long path northeastward across Idaho and generating huge volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. The hotspot lifted the Yellowstone plateau to more than 7000 feet and pushed the Northern Rockies to new heights. This book is the story of those events and how the landscape of two great national parks was shaped by earthquakes, volcanoes, geysers and, in the uplifed Rocky Mountains, mountain glaciers. The story is also a 'window' into the earth's interior, revealing the dynamic processes within
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
colour illustrations, colour maps
ISBN-13
978-0-19-510596-4 (9780195105964)
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Content
Preface; 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 Landsape; 7. Future Disasters; 8. Grand Teton Tour; 9. Yellowstone Tour; References