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Preface ix part i rocks, concepts, and processes 1 1 Introduction 3 2 The Great Basin 7 3 Raw Materials of the Great Basin 11 4 Understanding the Earth 25 5 Time, the Relentless Flow 33 6 Fossils, the Timekeepers 40 7 The Restless Earth 51 8 Shaping of the Land 59 part ii great basin history 77 9 The Prepaleozoic 79 10 The Paleozoic 93 11 The Mesozoic 115 12 The Cenozoic 137 part iii the great basin today 163 13 Mineral Resources 165 14 Water 192 15 Caves 205 16 Selected Great Basin Parks 210 17 The Future 225 Acknowledgments 227 References 229 Index 231 contents Zabriske Point, Death Valley. John Running. ...
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