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Title: Windows into the Earth
Condition: New
Subtitle: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
ISBN-10: 0195105974
EAN: 9780195105971
ISBN: 9780195105971
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
Release Date: 27/04/2000
Description: Millions of years ago, the North American continent was dragged over the world's largest continental hotspot (a hug 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 the two great national parks was shaped by earthquakes, volcanoes, geysers and, in the uplifted Rocky Mountains, mountain glaciers. The story is also a 'window' into the earth's interior, revealing the dynamic processes within.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 254mm
Item Length: 202mm
Item Width: 19mm
Item Weight: 860g
Author: Lee J. Siegel, Robert B. Smith
Genre: Home Garden & Pets
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Release Year: 2000

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