More than 500 million years of geologic discord along the western margin of the North American tectonic plate has built the land that is British Columbia. Today, the turmoil continues as the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate inches beneath Vancouver Island, triggering earthquakes and generating the magma that feeds the volcanoes of the Cascades. Roadside Geology of Southern British Columbia explains the province s geologic history in simple terms, covering southern British Columbia from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to the Alberta border east of Golden. Introductory sections describe the geology of four regions Vancouver Island, the Coast, the Interior Plateaus, and the Columbia and Rocky Mountains. Thirty-one road guides, complete with maps, photographs, and diagrams, locate and interpret the rocks and landforms visible from the province s highways and ferry routes. Discover a lava flow that chilled beneath ice, learn how Ripple Rock claimed twenty-four large ships before engineers finally blew it up, and drive across a slow-moving earthflow that has played havoc with roads since the gold rush days.
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Daniel Mathews is a contributing author of the National Audubon Society's Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States and Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest. He fell in love with the mountains while visiting the Rockies as a child, and he became a lifelong backpacker. Jim Monger received a PhD from the University of British Columbia in 1966. He worked for thirty years with the Geological Survey of Canada and now teaches part time at Simon Fraser University. He lives on Salt Spring Island in the Strait of Georgia.
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Highlight of 'Roadside Geology' Series,
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Roadside Geology of Southern British Columbia may be the most detailed and information-dense title in the Roadside Geology series. The two authors carefully describe the province's convoluted geology with clear explanations and engaging references to early settlement by Europeans. The reader learns how this magnificent landscape formed and a lot about geological processes in general. It's a great read, even for someone who never visits British Columbia.
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A good review of the geology in BC. You should be a geologist or have a good knowlege of geology to understand it.
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This book on the Roadside Geology of Southern British Columbia was just what we needed prior to our planned trip next summer on the Canadian Rail across Canada. We wanted to read all about what we are going to see, because on a train can't turn around just to look at it again. Be prepared. We'll take the book with us.
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