Ancient Landscapes of Western North America: A Geologic History with Paleogeographic Maps

by Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D Ranney, Wayne Ranney

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319596349
• ISBN13: 9783319596341
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 11.3"