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- catalog abstract ""The Restless Northwest provides a brief, easy-to-follow overview of the geologic processes that shaped the Northwest." "One of the attractions of the Northwest is its varied terrain, from the volcanic Cascade Range to the flood-scoured scablands of eastern Washington and the eroded peaks of the northern Rockies. These vast differences are the result of a collision of the old and the new. The western edge of Idaho was once the edge of ancient North America; as eons passed, a jumble of islands, mini-continents, and sediment piled up against the old continental edge, gradually extending it west to the present coastline." "Hill Williams uses an informal conversational style to explain complex processes to a general readership. He enlivens the story of long-ago geologic events with fascinating asides on everything from enormous undersea tube worms to the Willamette meteorite, the largest ever found in the United States."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12558555.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Hill Williams uses an informal conversational style to explain complex processes to a general readership. He enlivens the story of long-ago geologic events with fascinating asides on everything from enormous undersea tube worms to the Willamette meteorite, the largest ever found in the United States."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""The Restless Northwest provides a brief, easy-to-follow overview of the geologic processes that shaped the Northwest." "One of the attractions of the Northwest is its varied terrain, from the volcanic Cascade Range to the flood-scoured scablands of eastern Washington and the eroded peaks of the northern Rockies. These vast differences are the result of a collision of the old and the new. The western edge of Idaho was once the edge of ancient North America; as eons passed, a jumble of islands, mini-continents, and sediment piled up against the old continental edge, gradually extending it west to the present coastline."".
- catalog description "The ancient Northwest : a puzzle assembled from around the world. A mirror image offshore ; Beneath a mile of water ; A continental split ; Head bone connected to the toe bone ; Wandering minicontinents ; Land on the move : Baja to British Columbia -- The modern Northwest : the landscape as we know it and how it got that way. Strike-slip faults and leaky fractures ; Separating east from west ; A deluge of lava ; The Ice Age arrives ; Glacial Lake Missoula floods ; Not if, but when.".
- catalog extent "viii, 163 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Restless Northwest.".
- catalog identifier "0874222508 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Restless Northwest.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Pullman, Wash., : Washington State University Press,".
- catalog relation "Restless Northwest.".
- catalog spatial "Northwest, Pacific.".
- catalog subject "557.95 21".
- catalog subject "Geology Northwest, Pacific.".
- catalog subject "QE79 .W48 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "The ancient Northwest : a puzzle assembled from around the world. A mirror image offshore ; Beneath a mile of water ; A continental split ; Head bone connected to the toe bone ; Wandering minicontinents ; Land on the move : Baja to British Columbia -- The modern Northwest : the landscape as we know it and how it got that way. Strike-slip faults and leaky fractures ; Separating east from west ; A deluge of lava ; The Ice Age arrives ; Glacial Lake Missoula floods ; Not if, but when.".
- catalog title "The restless Northwest : a geological story / Hill Williams.".
- catalog type "text".