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W. W. Norton & Company : College Books

Parks and Plates

Contents

  • Part I: Earth Systems and Our National Parks
  • Chapter 1: Plate Tectonics
  • Chapter 2: Geological Features and Processes
  • Part II: Divergent Plate Boudnaries
  • Chapter 3: Continental Rifts
  • Chapter 4: Passive Continental Margins
    • Basin and Range Province
    • Keweenawan Rift
    • Colorado Plateau
  • Part III: Convergent Plate Boundaries
  • Chapter 5: Subduction Zones
  • Chapter 6: Collisional Mountain Ranges
    • Cascadia Subduction Zone
    • Appalachian/Ouachita/Marathon
  • Part IV: Transform Plate Boundaries
  • Chapter 7: San Andreas and Other Transform Boundaries
    • San Andreas Fault Zone
    • Caribbean
  • Part V: Hotspots
  • Chapter 8: Oceanic Hotspots
  • Chapter 9: Hotspots Beneath Continental Crust
    • Hawai‘i
    • Yellowstone/Snake River Plain/Columbia Plateau
  • Part VI: Building the North American Continent
  • Chapter 10: North American Craton
  • Chapter 11: Accreted Terranes
    • Continental Shield
    • Continental Platform
    • Colorado Plateau
    • Laramide Uplifts
    • Foreland Fold-and-Thrust-Belts
    • Accreted Terranes