Washington Rocks!: A Guide to Geologic Sites in the Evergreen State

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144 pages. 8.50x9.00x0.25 inches. In Stock. N° de ref. del artículo 087842654X

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Acerca del autor: Eugene Kiver, an emeritus professor of geology, who taught and did research on geomorphology and Ice Age history at Eastern Washington University for thirty-two years, now lives in the seaport of Anacortes, Washington. He is on the Ice Age Floods Institute Board, leads field trips in the Channeled Scabland, and makes numerous presentations to interested groups. He recently coauthored On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods with Bruce Bjornstad. Gene is an active hiker and has hiked well over 3,000 miles in the past ten years in the Cascade Range and elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest. Chad Pritchard, a geology professor at Eastern Washington University, grew up rock climbing, snowboarding, and SCUBA diving throughout the Northwest. After various jobs in the earth sciences, including with the soil survey in Spokane and as an environmental regulator in Hawaii, he obtained a PhD in geology from Washington State University. In addition to studying a great variety of geologic features in Washington, Chad has researched geothermal heat in Iceland, volcanics in Yellowstone, and land level changes associated with large Cascadia earthquakes on the West Coast. He lives with his wife and three children in Medical Lake, Washington.Richard L. Orndorff, professor of geotechnical engineering at Eastern Washington University, is a coauthor of Geology Underfoot in Central Nevada, Geology Underfoot in Southern Utah, and Landforms of Southern Utah, all published by Mountain Press Publishing Company. He resides in Spokane with his wife, Sherry, daughter, Emma, and dog, Chloe (woof).