Geology Underfoot in Yosemite National Park (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780878425686)

Few places in the nation rival Yosemite National Park for vertigo-inducing cliffs, plunging waterfalls, and stunning panoramic views of granite peaks. Many of the features that visitors find most tantalizing about Yosemite have unique and compelling geologic stories�tales that continue to unfold today in vivid, often destructive ways. While visiting more than twenty-seven amazing sites, you�ll discover why many of Yosemite�s domes shed rock shells like onion layers, what happens when a volcano erupts under a glacial lake, and why rocks seem to be almost continually tumbling from the region�s cliffs. With a multitude of colorful photos and illustrations, and prose tooled for the lay reader, Geology Underfoot in Yosemite National Park will help you read the landscape the way a geologist does.
The Geology Underfoot series encourages you to get out of your car for an up-close look at rocks and landforms. These books inform and enlighten, no matter how much�or how little�geology you already know. What�s more, they�re simply good reading, on-site or at home.

Author: Allen F. Glazner, Greg M. Stock
ISBN-10: 0878425683
ISBN-13: 9780878425686
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2010
Pages: 299
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.08w x 0.65d