Main Title |
Death Valley : geology, ecology, archaeology / |
Author |
Hunt, Charles B. ;
Hunt, Charles Butler
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Publisher |
University of California Press, |
Year Published |
1975 |
OCLC Number |
01975862 |
ISBN |
0520030133; 9780520030138; 0520024605; 9780520024601 |
Subjects |
Geology--Death Valley (Calif and Nev) ;
Ecology--Death Valley (Calif and Nev) ;
Indians of North America--Death Valley (Calif and Nev)--Antiquities ;
Death Valley (Calif and Nev)--Description and travel ;
Indians of North America--Antiquities ;
United States--Death Valley
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Additional Subjects |
Geology--Death Valley ;
Ecology--Death Valley ;
Indians of North America--Death Valley--Antiquities ;
Death Valley--Description and travel
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBM |
QE90.D35H86 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
01/01/1988 |
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Collation |
ix, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and index. |
Contents Notes |
1. What is Death Valley?. The landscape ; Salt ; Water ; Sand dunes ; Gravel fans ; Mountains ; Climate ; Plant and animal geography ; People -- 2. Water. Lakes, wet and dry ; Quantity and quality of Death Valley water ; Sources ; Streams ; Springs ; Estimating discharge -- 3. The salt pan: orderliness in the natural environment. Salt minerals: their zoning and geologic history ; Patterned ground ; The salt pan: an outdoor museum -- 4. Gravel fans. Differences in fans ; Fan patterns ; Ages of gravel ; Kinds and sizes of stones ; Faulting across the mouth of Furnace Creek Wash ; Desert pavement ; Desert varnish: the black stain ; Wind effects ; Mudflows -- 5. Rocks: a billion years of Death Valley history. Time sequence ; Kinds of rocks and their locations -- 6. How the rocks broke. Present-day earth movements ; Death Valley's last major earthquake ; Earlier earthquakes ; Valleys before Death Valley ; Faults, granite intrusions, and volcanism -- 7. Mines and mining. Present problem in Death Valley ; Mining history -- 8. Archaeology of Indian occupation. Chronology ; Death Valley I Indians ; Death Valley II Indians ; Third stage: arrival of the bow and arrow ; Death Valley IV Indians: arrival of pottery -- 9. Archaeology since 1949. Old trails ; Archaeology of litter -- 10. Plant an animal geography. Climatic zoning of plants ; Water supply of plants ; Changes in plant stands ; Burros and bighorns ; Other big game ; Small game ; Reptiles ; Fish ; Birds and pests. |
Place Published |
Berkeley : |
PUB Date Free Form |
1975. |
Document Type |
BC |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/U |
LCCN |
74084094 |
Merged OCLC records |
988466090 |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |