The Great Basin seafloor exploring the ancient oceans of the Desert West / Frank L DeCourten.
| Author/creator | DeCourten, Frank |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2022] |
| Description | xii, 213 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021042442 |
| ISBN | 9781647690496 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |