Death Valley : Geology, Ecology, Archaeology /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hunt, Charles B. (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2021]
Edition:Reprint 2020.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3853884
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. What Is Death Valley?
  • 2. Water
  • 3. The Salt Pan: Orderliness in the Natural Environment
  • 4. Gravel Fans
  • 5. Rocks: A Billion Years of Death Valley History
  • 6. How the Rocks Broke
  • 7. Mines and Mining
  • 8. Archaeology of Indian Occupation
  • 9. Archaeology since 1849
  • 10. Plant and Animal Geography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Index