The Great Basin seafloor : exploring the ancient oceans of the Desert West / Frank DeCourten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeCourten, Frank, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology--Great Basin.

Geology.

Ocean bottom--Great Basin.

Ocean bottom.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, Utah : The University of Utah Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Applying the fundamental principles of geology to the rocks of the Great Basin, we now have indisputable evidence that the region, however lofty and dry it may appear today, lay almost continuously beneath the waters of vanished oceans for more than 400 million years. The bed of this ancient ocean, where enormous amounts of mud, muck, and sand accumulated during the immense period of inundation, is the subject of this book: it is the Sagebrush Seafloor"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Vanished oceans of the Great Basin Desert

The ocean arrives

The great Cambrian explosion

The Ordovician overhaul

The dolomite interval : a carbonate conundrum

The Devonian-Mississippian interval : tectonic tumult and cosmic calamities

The Antler overlap sequence

The last gasp of the Great Basin seafloor : the oceans of the West in the age of reptiles.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: DeCourten, Frank The Great Basin Seafloor

ISBN:

9781647690502

OCLC:

1286070089