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BASIN AND RANGE
de John McPhee
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good +/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0374109141
- ISBN 13
- 9780374109141
- Librería
-
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Author explores the geology of the Western United States and how plate tectonics has transformed the region. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Dust jacket is clipped and has some small tears around edges. Front flap is creased. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 215 pp.
Sinopsis
The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, "Basin and Range" is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world--a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds of discrete high mountain ranges that are green with junipers and often white with snow. The terrain becomes the setting for a lyrical evocation of the science of geology, with important digressions into the plate-tectonics revolution and the history of the geologic time scale.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Bibliodditiques
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 5415
- Título
- BASIN AND RANGE
- Autor
- John McPhee
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good +
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- very good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0374109141
- ISBN 13
- 9780374109141
- Editorial
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1981
- Palabras clave
- CALIFORNIA; UTAH; GEOLOGY; FAULT LINE; PLATE TECTONICS; CONTINENTAL DRIFT
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