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Geology Underfoot In Central Nevada - $16.00
by Robert L. Orndorff, Robert W. Wieder, and Harry F. Filkorn
Soft cover 9" x 6", 294 pages, copyright 2001.
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Nevada is a geologist's playground - great topographic relief exposes spectacular geology. In twenty-one driving and walking tours, Geology Underfoot In Central Nevada explores the rockscapes of the region's mountains and deserts. The guide covers the varied geologic landscape along U.S. 50 from Lake Tahoe and Reno east to Great Basin National Park.
In Ichthyosaur State Park, examine fossil remains of giant sea lizards as you imagine the ocean that covered Nevada more than 200 million years ago. In Great Basin National Park, marvel at dripstone features underground in Lehman Caves. South of Carson City, touch an active earthquake fault that continues to lift the Carson Range - a reminder that, at least geologically, Nevada is still a work in progress.
Geology Underfoot In Central Nevada is organized into 24 chapters - 1: Tahoe's Recycled Sandbox - Sand Harbor; 2: Vulcan's Throat - Cave Rock; 3: Grinding Glaciers and Sliding Slopes - Emerald Bay; 4: Finding Fault - Genoa Fault Scarp; 5: Take a Walk on the Wild Side - Slide Mountain; 6: Fire Down Below - Steamboat Hot Springs; 7: Of Lava and Lahars - Mount Rose; 8: Nevada's Greatest Lake - Lake Lahontan; 9: Varnished Rock in a Desert Gallery - Grimes Point; 10: Deciphering Time's Muck Heaps - Hidden Cave; 11: One Grain at a Time - Sand Mountain; 12: Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On - Fairview Peak; 13: Boomtown Ghosts and the Hunt for Gold - Berlin Ghost Town; 14: Mesozoic Monsters of the Deep - Nevada's Ichthyosaurs; 15: Remnants of a Burning Wasteland - Hickison Summit; 16: Explosions in an Alien Landscape - Lunar Crater Volcanic Field; 17: Message from the Mantle - Black Rock Lava Flow; 18: Desert Gemstones - Garnet Hill; 19: Open Pits and Altered Rock - Robinson Mining District; 20: Island in the Desert - Wheeler's Park; 21: Beauty Beneath the Surface - Lehman Caves; 22: Gnarled Elders of the Snake Range - Bristlecone Pines; 23: Nevada's Only Glacier - Glacial Features in Great Basis National Park; 24: Hoodoos and Badlands - Cathedral Gorge.
A detailed glossary, index and extensive bibliography with sources of further information are included. Whether you are planning your first or fiftieth trip to central Nevada, if you are interested in geology and Earth science, Geology Underfoot In Central Nevada provides maps, guides and references that you will use and appreciate.
Geology Underfoot In Southern Utah - $18.00
by Richard L. Orndorff, Robert W. Wieder and David G. Futey
Soft cover, 9" x 6", 286 pages, copyright 2006.
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Southern Utah's magnificent, enigmatic landforms are famous worldwide. But what carved the goblins in Goblin Valley, the domes at Capitol Reef, Zion's towering sandstone walls, and Bryce's hoodoo fairyland - not to mention all those arches and natural bridges? Geology Underfoot In Southern Utah explores the stories behind 33 sites, some well known, others off the beaten path. With this book in hand, marvel at tales of ancient eruptions, deserts, seas, and swamps; the movements of massive rock units over eons; and the rock's interactions with life above it, including humankind. Along the way, visit dinosaur trackways, old mines, rock glaciers, oysters in the desert - and more.
Geology Underfoot In Southern Utah is organized into 23 chapters - 1: Reading A Lava Landscape - Snow Canyon State Park; 2: Where Dinosaurs Roamed - St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm; 3: When Water Cleaves Rock - Parowan Gap; 4: An Alluring Luster - Frisco and the Horn Silver Mine; 5: A Desiccated Remnant of Lake Bonneville - Sevier Lake; 6: Folded Rocks - The Virgin Anticline, Quail Creek State Park; 7: In The Heart Of The Transition Zone - Hurricane Fault; 8: An Ancient Desert Sleeps - The Navajo Sandstone, Zion National Park; 9: Water From Stone - Weeping Rock, Zion National Park; 10: Gravity At Work - The Springdale Landslide; 11: A Desert Reborn - Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park; 12: Cycles of Change - Castle Rock Campground; 13: A Record of Explosive Eruptions - Fremont Indian State Park; 14: Toolmaker's Delight - Obsidian at Fremont Indian State Park; 15: Ice Age Glaciers - Fish Lake Valley; 16: Unlikely Neighbors At Red Canyon - Sevier Fault.
17: A Fairyland Of Color and Form - Bryce Canyon National Park; 18: Nature's Palette - Escalante State Park and the Petrified Forest; 19: Traveling Through Time - The Waterpocket Fold, Capitol Reef National Park; 20: Someone Pass The Tabasco And A Cold Beer! - An Oyster Reef in the Desert; 21: A Weathered Army On The March - Goblin Valley State Park; 22: Radiation Fever - Temple Mountain Uranium Mines; 23: Slithering Through A Slot Canyon - The San Rafael Reef; 24: Uplift And Erosion On The Colorado Plateau - Goosenecks of the San Juan River; 25: Mesas, Buttes, and Spires - Valley of the Gods; 26: Bridges Across Time - Natural Bridges National Monument; 27: Tsé Hane, The Rock That Tells A Story - Newspaper Rock; 28: At The Mystery's Core - Upheaval Dome; 29: A Sea Of Fins - The Fiery Furnace; 30: Weathering The Tests Of Time - Arches National Park and the Entrada Sandstone; 31: In The Footsteps Of Giants - Copper Ridge Dinosaur Tracks; 32: Intruders In A Sedimentary Domain - Round Mountain and the La Sal Laccoliths; 33: Permafrost and Flowing Earth - Periglacial Features in the La Sal Mountains.
A detailed glossary, index and extensive bibliography with sources of further information are included. Whether you are planning your first or fiftieth trip to Southern Utah, if you are interested in geology and Earth science, Geology Underfoot In Southern Utah provides maps, guides and references that you will use and appreciate.
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