{"product_id":"geology-underfoot-in-yosemite-national-park-9780878425686","title":"Geology Underfoot in Yosemite National Park","description":"Few places in the nation rival Yosemite National Park for vertigo-inducing cliffs, plunging waterfalls, and stunning panoramic views of granite peaks. Many of the features that visitors find most tantalizing about Yosemite have unique and compelling geologic stories�tales that continue to unfold today in vivid, often destructive ways. While visiting more than twenty-seven amazing sites, you�ll discover why many of Yosemite�s domes shed rock shells like onion layers, what happens when a volcano erupts under a glacial lake, and why rocks seem to be almost continually tumbling from the region�s cliffs. With a multitude of colorful photos and illustrations, and prose tooled for the lay reader, \u003ci\u003eGeology Underfoot in Yosemite National Park\u003c\/i\u003e will help you read the landscape the way a geologist does.\u003cbr\u003eThe Geology Underfoot series encourages you to get out of your car for an up-close look at rocks and landforms. These books inform and enlighten, no matter how much�or how little�geology you already know. What�s more, they�re simply good reading, on-site or at home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlazner, Allen F.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Allen F. Glazner is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A native Californian, he holds a PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles and has done research in the Sierra Nevada and Mojave Desert from his undergraduate days at Pomona College.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStock, Greg M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Greg M. Stock was born and raised in the Sierra Nevada just north of Yosemite. He has a bachelor�s degree in geology from Humboldt State University and a PhD in earth science from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Greg is Yosemite National Park�s first-ever park geologist.","brand":"Mountain Press Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642604556562,"sku":"9780878425686","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3bca644a-9003-4c32-b5e5-3b03e0b7f986.jpg?v=1733070434","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/geology-underfoot-in-yosemite-national-park-9780878425686","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}