Geology of Southeast Alaska
152 pages, 5 3/4 x 8 1/4
color photographs
Paperback
Release Date:01 Mar 2006
ISBN:9781889963815
The most powerful forces on earth have shaped the landscape of Southeast Alaska. Scientists and visitors from around the world trek north to experience wild rivers, powerful glaciers, and breathtaking mountain peaks. Now, for the first time, a handy guide to the region is available. Complete with color illustrations revealing millions of years of geological history and in-depth descriptions of Sitka, Juneau, and Glacier Bay, Geology of Southeast Alaska is essential reading for anyone fascinated by rock and ice in motion.
Written by a geologist with over twenty-five years of experience in the north, Geology of Southeast Alaska will entertain and inform with abundant photographs and detailed drawings. Whether you want to understand the forces that shaped the state of Alaska, or you want to learn the basics of glacial movement, this compact, authoritative book is for you.
Written by a geologist with over twenty-five years of experience in the north, Geology of Southeast Alaska will entertain and inform with abundant photographs and detailed drawings. Whether you want to understand the forces that shaped the state of Alaska, or you want to learn the basics of glacial movement, this compact, authoritative book is for you.
Harold H. Stowell is professor of geology at the University of Alabama. He began his career in 1979 as an exploration geologist and received his doctorate from Princeton University in 1987. Dr. Stowell has published extensively on mountain building, geochronology, and the genesis of precious and base metal deposits. His fieldwork has taken him to Alaska and Canada, as well as to New Zealand, Antarctica, and Svalbard. He is a fellow of the Geological Society of America.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Geography of Southeast Alaska
2 Glaciers, Ice Ages, and Global Change
3 Plate Tectonics: A Geologic Paradigm
4 Rock Types: Classification of Earth Materials
5 Faults, Earthquakes, and Mountain Building
6 The Alexander Archipelago
7 The Coast Mountains: Exhumed Lower Crust
8 Regional Geology
Notes
Glossary of Geological Terms
Bibliography
Index
