Introduction to the Geology of Southern California and Its Native Plants
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authoritative resource
botany and natural sciences
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caves and caverns
colorado desert
dynamic geological environment
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geological environments
geology and geography
mojave
mountains
native plants
natural faults
natural habitats
plate techtonics
san andreas fault
san diego
sierra nevada
southern california
yosemite national park
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- ISBN 9780520249325
- Weight: 1814g
- Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 23 Oct 2007
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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With its active fault systems, complex landforms, and myriad natural habitats, southern California boasts a rich and dynamic geologic environment. This abundantly illustrated volume at last provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible resource for students and general readers interested in southern California's geology and native plants. Covering an extensive area, north from San Diego to Yosemite in the Sierra Nevada and east to the Mojave and Colorado deserts, its unique, comprehensive approach brings together for the first time the basic principles of geology, the story of plate tectonics, in-depth discussion of the geology of many specific locales within the region, and information on identifying southern California's native plants.
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.
