Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Eastern California
by Allen F. Glazner, Arthur Gibbs Sylvester, and Robert P. Sharp
Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Eastern California
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| An Important Note to Readers |
vi
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| Preface |
vii
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| Acknowledgments |
viii
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| THE SUBLIME GEOLOGY OF EASTERN CALIFORNIA |
1
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| VIGNETTES | |
| DEATH VALLEY | |
| 1. Badwater |
9
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| 2. Devils Golf Course and the Badwater Salt Flats |
16
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| 3. Natural Bridge Canyon |
21
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| 4. Ventifact Ridge |
26
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| 5. Artists Drive |
32
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| 6. Zabriskie Point, Gower Gulch, and Golden Canyon |
37
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| 7. Dantes View |
45
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| 8. Lake Manly |
57
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| 9. Mesquite Dunes |
65
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| 10. Mosaic Canyon |
73
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| 11. Salt Creek |
83
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| 12. Titus Canyon |
89
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| 13. Ubehebe Crater |
103
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| 14. The Racetrack |
111
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| 15. Rainbow Canyon and Father Crowley Vista Point |
121
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| SOUTHERN APPROACHES | |
| 16. The Mojave River |
131
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| 17. Trona Pinnacles of Searles Lake |
139
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| 18. Fossil Falls |
147
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| 19. Ancient Lake Tecopa |
155
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| 20. The Resting Spring Pass Tuff |
162
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| OWENS VALLEY, BISHOP, AND LONE PINE | |
| 21. Alabama Hills |
169
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| 22. Lone Pine Fault and the 1872 Earthquake |
177
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| 23. Big Pine Volcanic Field |
187
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| 24. Poleta Folds |
195
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| 25. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest |
205
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| 26. Buttermilk Boulders |
217
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| 27. Owens River Gorge |
229
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| MAMMOTH LAKES AND MONO CRATERS | |
| 28. Hilton Creek Fault at McGee Canyon |
239
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| 29. Hot Creek Geological Site |
246
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| 30. Mammoth Mountain and Long Valley Caldera |
253
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| 31. Devils Postpile |
263
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| 32. Obsidian Dome, Inyo Craters, and the Earthquake Fault |
271
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| 33. Mono Craters from Punch Bowl to Panum |
281
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| GLOSSARY |
290
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| LIST OF SOURCES |
299
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| INDEX |
306
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| ABOUT THE AUTHORS |
316
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| GEOLOGIC CHECKLIST |
318
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