These two parks are windows into the Earth's interior, revealing the violent power of the dynamic processes within. In Windows into the Earth Robert Smith and Lee Siegel offer guidance through this terrain, bringing to life the grandeur of these geologic phenomena as they reveal the forces that have shaped - and continue to shape - the greater Yellowstone-Teton region. Over seventy illustrations - including fifty-two in full color - illuminate the beauty of the landscape, while two final chapters provide driving tours of the parks to help visitors enjoy and understand the regions' wonders.

Windows into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks

History

Smith, Robert B.

Siegel, Lee J.

Americas

Oxford University Press

Millions of years ago, the North American continent was dragged over the world's largest continental hotspot, a huge column of hot and molten rock rising from the Earth's interior that traced a 50-mile wide, 500-mile-long path northeastward across Idaho. Generating cataclysmic volcanic eruptions and large earthquakes, the hotspot helped lift the Yellowstone Plateau to more than 7,000 feet and pushed the northern Rockies to new heights, forming unusually large glaciers to carve the landscape. It also created the jewel of the U.S. national park system: Yellowstone. Meanwhile, forces stretching apart the western U.S. created the mountainous glory of Grand Teton National Park. These two parks, with their majestic mountains, dazzling geysers, and picturesque hot springs, are windows into the Earth's interior, revealing the violent power of the dynamic processes within. Smith and Siegel offer expert guidance through this awe-inspiring terrain, bringing to life the grandeur of these geologic phenomena as they reveal the forces that have shaped--and continue to shape--the greater Yellowstone-Teton region. Over seventy illustrations--including fifty-two in full color--illuminate the breathtaking beauty of the landscape, while two final chapters provide driving tours of the parks to help visitors enjoy and understand the regions wonders. Fascinating and informative, this book affords us a striking new perspective on Earth's creative forces.

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

From the ruins of medieval towns where King Arthur's army battled Saxon invaders to the dark jungles of Vietnam, the scene of a more mechanized war, a compelling history captures the struggle, strategy, tactics, and human experience of men at war. Original.

Men at War: True Stories of Heroism and Honor

Military

Avon/Books

UCLA School of Medicine. Clinical reference for the practicing urologist and resident in urology. 71 Contributors. DNLM: 1. Genitalia, Male surgery.

Complications in Urologic Surgery: Prevention and Management

Medical Books

Medicine

W.B.Saunders Co.

Southern California’s hidden treasure lies in the San Jacinto Mountains. Capped by the last 10,000-foot peaks on the way to Mexico, these mountains have enriched human lives for centuries. Discovered by loggers in 1876, partially stripped of their trees during California’s first population boom in the 1880s, then protected by federal edict in 1897, these mountains attracted a special breed of settler. The uncommon village of Idyllwild was created by common people who were enchanted by the surrounding forest wilderness. Isolated here, high above the chaos of modern life, they have preserved a vestige of mid-20th-century small-town America in the woods. This collection of around 200 previously unpublished photographs, including stunning images by the gifted photographers Avery Field and Harry Wendelken, offers glimpses of the paths along which village and wilderness have shaped each other.

Idyllwild and the High San Jacintos (Images of America)

Idyllwild Area Historical Society

Arcadia Publishing

Federal estate and gift taxation

Warren,Gorham&Lamont

Uses primary sources to slice through the myth surrounding the gang of outlaws and provide a comprehensive account of the hoodlums' escapades

Daltons!: The Raid on Coffeyville, Kansas

Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Handbook of Social Science Methods

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Irvington Pub.

Literate Lawyer Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy

Legal Education

Butterworth-Heinemann

The Literate Lawyer: Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Lexis Pub.

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