The Geologic Story of Yellowstone National Park
by William R. Keefer
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About this eBook
- Author
- Keefer, William R., 1924-
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QE: Science: Geology
- Subject
- Geology -- Yellowstone National Park
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 60574
- Release Date
- October 25, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Geology of YELLOWSTONE — The Geologic Story of YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
- 2.Foreword
- 3.Contents
- 4.Figures
- 5.Yellowstone Country — A geological preview
- 6.Geologic History of the Yellowstone Region — The nature of the rocks reveals their origins — The oldest rocks — The deposits of the shifting seas — The first mountain-building episode — Volcanic activity — A quiet period — More mountain building and deep erosion
- 7.Formation of the Yellowstone Caldera — The eruption — The collapse — The outpouring of lava
- 8.Final Sculpturing of the Landscape — Glaciation — Running water—canyons and waterfalls — Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
- 9.Hot-Water and Steam Phenomena — How a thermal system operates — Hot-spring deposits and algae — Hot springs and geysers — Mudpots — Fumaroles — Thermal explosions — Faulting and its control of thermal activity
- 10.Earthquakes
- 11.The Park and Man
- 12.Acknowledgments
- 13.Footnotes
- 14.Selected Additional Reading
- 15.Transcriber’s Notes
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