Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-434) and index.
Contents
The Ever-Changing Sierra -- Geology: Of Time and Rocks -- Being First -- Plate Tectonics Puts the Sierra Nevada in Its Place -- Seas of Long Ago -- Great is Granite -- Treasures from the Earth -- Landscapes of Yesteryear -- Days of Fire -- Days of Ice -- Mono Lake: The "Dead Sea" of the West -- The Yosemite "Problem" -- The Mountains Tremble.
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