Ancient Landscapes of Western North America
A Geologic History with Paleogeographic Maps
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Beschreibung
Allow yourself to be taken back into deep geologic time when strange creatures roamed the Earth and Western North America looked completely unlike the modern landscape. Volcanic islands stretched from Mexico to Alaska, most of the Pacific Rim didn’t exist yet, at least not as widespread dry land; terranes drifted from across the Pacific to dock on Western Americas’ shores creating mountains and more volcanic activity. Landscapes were transposed north or south by thousands of kilometers along huge fault systems. Follow these events through paleogeographic maps that look like satellite views of ancient Earth. Accompanying text takes the reader into the science behind these maps and the geologic history that they portray. The maps and text unfold the complex geologic history of the region as never seen before.
Allow yourself to be taken back into deep geologic time when strange creatures roamed the Earth and Western North America looked completely unlike the modern landscape. Volcanic islands stretched from Mexico to Alaska, most of the Pacific Rim didn’t exist yet, at least not as widespread dry land; terranes drifted from across the Pacific to dock on Western Americas’ shores creating mountains and more volcanic activity. Landscapes were transposed north or south by thousands of kilometers along huge fault systems. Follow these events through paleogeographic maps that look like satellite views of ancient Earth. Accompanying text takes the reader into the science behind these maps and the geologic history that they portray. The maps and text unfold the complex geologic history of the region as never seen before.
Winner of the 2021 John D. Haun Landmark Publication Award, AAPG-Rocky Mountain Section
Presents complex geologic history in an accurate, comprehensive manner using paleogeographic maps and concise, readable text Uses numerous paleogeographic maps that mimic satellite images Provides a concise history of this complex geologic region Usable to wide audience: lay persons; students; geologists; anyone with interest in physical Earth Relates modern landscapes to their geologic history Winner of the 2021 John D. Haun Landmark Publication Award, AAPG-Rocky Mountain Section
Autor*in
Ronald C. Blakey
Themen in »Ancient Landscapes of Western North America«
Earthquakes Faults Geology Pacific Coast North American Cordillera North American accretion Paleogeography Plate tectonics Subduction Terrane accretion Volcanic history structural geology world regional geography