Exploring the highest sierra /
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| Author / Creator: | Moore, James G., 1930- |
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| Imprint: | Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2000. |
| Description: | xv, 427 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4256385 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Exploration
- Probing the High Sierra: Fremont and Carson
- The Pacific Railroad Surveys: Blake and Williamson
- Breaking New Ground: Goddard and the Trail Blazers
- The California Geological Survey: Whitney, Brewer, King, and Hoffmann
- Exalting the Wilderness: John Muir
- Creating and Enlarging the National Parks
- 3. Mapping
- The Territorial Surveys: King and Wheeler
- The Scaling of Mount Whitney: Errors Compounded
- Measuring the Ground: The General Land Office
- Mapping the High Trails: LeConte, Solomons, and the Sierra Club
- Detailed Topographic Mapping: The U.S. Geological Survey
- Peaks, Valleys, and Rivers: The Basis of Place Names
- The Structures of the Land: Geologic Mapping
- 4. Time, Minerals, Rocks, and Plates
- The Geologic Time Scale
- Dating the Rocks: Radiometric Methods
- Building Blocks of Rocks: The Common Minerals
- Solidified Magma: The Igneous Rocks
- The Global View: Plate Tectonics and the Rise of the Sierra
- 5. Metamorphic Rocks
- The Four Terranes of Metamorphic Rock
- Rare Fossils: Key to the Age of Metamorphic Rocks
- Marble: The Birthplace of Caves
- The Origin and Assembly of the Metamorphic Terranes
- 6. Granitic Rocks
- Plutons and the Sierra Nevada Batholith
- Making Room for the Granite
- Structures of Granitic Rocks
- Field Criteria for the Relative Ages of Plutons
- The Age of the Sierra Nevada Batholith
- The Depth and Thickness of the Batholith
- Analyzing the Granitic Rocks
- Changes in Composition Across the Batholith
- Mafic Plutonic Rocks
- The Independence Dike Swarm
- Plate Tectonics and the Batholith
- 7. Mineral Deposits
- The Kearsarge District
- The Mineral King Bust
- Copper and Molybdenum Deposits
- The Tungsten Mines
- 8. Cenozoic Volcanic Rocks
- The Initial Volcanic Phase
- The Second Volcanic Phase
- The Third Volcanic Phase
- 9. Glaciers and Glaciation
- The Extent of Glaciation in the High Country
- Glacial Processes and Their Products
- The Causes and Timing of Glaciation
- 10. Landslides
- 11. Geologic Structures
- The Crustal Structure of the Sierra
- Faults in and near the Sierra Block
- The Nature of Joints
- Uplift and Erosion
- 12. Afterword
- Appendix. Geologic Road and Trail Guides
- Kings Canyon Highway, State Route 180
- State Route 198 and the Generals Highway
- The Mineral King Road
- The John Muir Trail
- The High Sierra Trail
- Glossary
- References Cited
- Index
