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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 224 pages, kaal: 34 g
  • Sari: How To Climb Series
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2009
  • Kirjastus: Globe Pequot Press
  • ISBN-10: 0762748370
  • ISBN-13: 9780762748372
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 224 pages, kaal: 34 g
  • Sari: How To Climb Series
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2009
  • Kirjastus: Globe Pequot Press
  • ISBN-10: 0762748370
  • ISBN-13: 9780762748372
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With an informal Q-and-A format and fun, informative language, this book brings the often-esoteric science of geology into the hands of rock climbers.

Preface viii
Acknowledgments ix
Part I: Geology 101 xi
Chapter
1. The Basics
1
Millions and Billions: The Grand Scale of Geologic Time
1
Earth as a Jigsaw Puzzle: Plate Tectonics
3
Chapter
2. Five Important Earth Processes
11
Liquid, Hot Magma: The Formation of Igneous Rocks
11
Taken for Granite
13
Coral Reefs, Beach Sand, and Dirt: The Formation of Sedimentary Rocks
14
Heating and Squeezing: The Formation of Metamorphic Rocks
16
Faulting, Folding, and Rock Uplift: The Making of Mountains
17
Sculptures of Wind and Water: Erosion and Weathering
19
Part II: Answers to All Your Rock Questions 23
Chapter
3. Northeast
25
Chapter
4. Southeast
37
Chapter
5. Midwest
55
Chapter
6. Rocky Mountains
61
Chapter
7. Southwest
93
Chapter
8. California
117
Chapter
9. Northwest and Alaska
131
Chapter
10. Africa
139
Chapter
11. Asia
145
Chapter
12. Australia and New Zealand
151
Chapter
13. Antarctica
157
Chapter
14. Europe
159
Chapter
15. South America
165
Chapter
16. General Rock Questions
173
References 189
Index 202
About the Author 211
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