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Informationen zum Autor Clarence A. Hall! Jr. ! is Professor of Geology in the Department of Earth and Space Science at the University of California! Los Angeles! Director Emeritus of the University of California's White Mountain Research Station! and Dean Emeritus of the Division of Physical Science! College of Letters and Science! UCLA. He is editor of Natural History of the White-Inyo Range! Eastern California (UC Press) among other books. Klappentext "This treatise seamlessly combines an elementary introduction to the theories! facts! and principles defining modern earth science with an up-to-date integration of the present state of knowledge regarding the geologic architecture and geohistory of southern California. Hall! the world's leading expert on this region! has delivered a spectacularly illustrated compendium that should be required reading for the southern Californian geologist! naturalist! botanist! and generally inquisitive hiker."-W. G. Ernst! Stanford University Zusammenfassung Provides a resource for students and general readers interested in southern California's geology and native plants. Covering areas, north from San Diego to Yosemite in the Sierra Nevada and east to the Mojave and Colorado deserts, this book aims to bring together the basic principles of geology and the story of plate tectonics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgment s PART ONE: INTRODUCTION PART TWO: THE EARTH AND GEOLOGIC TIME PART THREE: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH GEOLOGIC TIME PART FOUR: GEOLOGY AND BOTANY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S GEOMORPHIC PROVINCES PART FIVE: BOTANY AND PLANT FAMILIES Botanical Glossary Main Glossary S uggested Readings in Natural History References Cited Species Index Main Index
