{"product_id":"landscape-evolution-and-geology-of-the-united-states","title":"Landscape Evolution and Geology of the United States","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis book was written for those curious about the natural wonder and beauty of the United States, for those wishing to delve into how mountains form and evolve beyond the obligatory colliding of continents, and for those who seek insight on the reasoning and methods geologists use to interpret landscape evolution and geological history. It is a textbook appropriate for first and second-year university students, a reference book for advanced geology students, and a book appropriate for a general audience or traveler who seeks a deeper understanding and appreciation of landscape. As a textbook, it shows how geology, geography, tectonics, and climate interact to shape the landscape of the United States. As a general audience book, it introduces the physical characteristics of the United States, its structural framework, and its geological history.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere are three parts. Part I is concerned with understanding how rock type and rock structure combine with tectonic activity, climate, isostasy, and sea level change to produce landscape and to predict how landscape will evolve. These chapters emphasize the reasoning and methods geologists use to interpret landscape. Part II divides the contiguous United States into nine structural provinces. The discussion is on the distribution and origin of landscape features with special emphasis on topography, rock type, rock structure, tectonic setting, climate, and recent uplift\/erosion history. Part III is an excursion into the criteria and tools geologists use to understand how compressional mountain systems form and evolve. Special emphasis is on the evidence geologists find, and the rationale they use, to interpret the rock record with reference to the US Appalachian and Cordilleran Mountain systems. In a nutshell, Parts I and II deal specifically with present-day landscape, its evolution, and how the forces of nature affect it. The focus is on why the landscape looks the way it does. Part III deals with the rocks. The focus is on geological history, mountain building, and past landscapes. In this part of the book, the present-day landscape is of secondary importance. The table of contents follows.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePART 1 - KEYS TO UNDERSTANDING LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 1 - The Tortoise And The Hare\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 2 - Component: The Rock\/Sediment Type\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 3 - Component: The Structural Form\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 4 - Mechanisms That Impart Change To Landscape\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 5 - Forcing Variable: The Tectonic System\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 6 - Forcing Variable: The Climatic System\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 7 - Forcing Variables: Sea Level And Isostasy\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 8 - Interaction Of Tectonics, Climate And Time\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePART II - STRUCTURAL PROVINCES\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 9 - Unconsolidated Sediment\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 10 - Nearly Flat-Lying Sedimentary Layers\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 11 - Crystalline-Cored Mid-Continent Anticlines And Domes\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 12 - Foreland Fold And Thrust Belts\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 13 - Crystalline Deformation Belts\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 14 - Young Volcanic Rocks Of The Cordillera\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 15 - Normal Fault-Dominated Landscapes\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 16 - Cascadia Volcanic Arc System\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 17 - California Transpressional System\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 18 - The Story Of The Grand Canyon\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePART III - MOUNTAIN BUILDING\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 19 - Early Theories On The Origin Of Mountain Belts\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 20 - Keys To The Interpretation Of Geological History\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 21 -Tectonic Style, Rock Successions, And Tectonic Provinces\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 22 - Formation, Collapse, And Erosonal Decay Of Mountain Systems\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 23 - The Appalachian Orogenic Belt: An Example Of Compressional Mountain Building\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 24 - The Cordilleran Orogenic Belt\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShows how geology, climate, and tectonics interact to shape the landscape of the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEmphasis is on evidence geologists find, and the methods, criteria, and rationale geologists use, to interpret the physical characteristics of the United States, its structural framework, and its geological history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOffers more than 300 full-color drawings, photographs, and maps designed to be simple and informative. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestions at the end of each chapter aid in the retention of key concepts. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Elsevier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44121385304302,"sku":"9780123977991","price":163.21,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/products\/9780123977991.jpg?v=1681138846","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/landscape-evolution-and-geology-of-the-united-states","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}