Death Valley : Geology, Ecology, Archaeology /
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Berkeley, CA :
University of California Press,
[2021]
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| מהדורה: | Reprint 2020. |
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תוכן הענינים:
- 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