The geologic story of the Uinta Mountains /
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| Author / Creator: | Hansen, Wallace R., 1920- |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Guilford, CT : Falcon, 2005. |
| Description: | 142 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5773489 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Geographic Setting
- The Landscape and its Attributes
- The Western Uinta Mountains
- Peaks and Ridges
- Drainage Basins
- Sculpture by Moving Ice
- Extent of the Ice
- Rock-Rubble Deposits at High Altitudes
- The Eastern Uinta Mountains
- Dutch John-Cold Spring Highland
- Diamond Mountain Highland
- Douglas Mountain Highland
- Blue Mountain Highland
- The Great Canyons of the Green and Yampa Rivers
- Flaming Gorge to Browns Park
- Browns Park
- Lodore Canyon
- Yampa Canyon
- Whirlpool Canyon and Island Park
- Split Mountain Canyon
- How the Canyons Were Formed
- Other Drainage Adjustments
- Weber, Provo, and Bear Rivers
- Rock Creek and the Duchesne River
- Glacial Diversions on the North Flank
- Time and the Rocks
- The Old Uinta Trough
- Precambrian Time: 4.6 Billion-570 Million Years Ago
- Paleozoic Time: 570-245 Million Years Ago
- Mesozoic Time: 245-66.4 Million Years Ago
- Cenozoic Time: 65 Million Years Ago to the Present
- The Tertiary Period and the Beginnings of the Modern-Day Landscape
- Geologic Structure
- Folds
- Faults
- Crustal Warping
- Quaternary Crustal Movements
- What the Future Holds
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- About the Author
