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California has some of the most distinctive and unique geology in the United States. It is the only state with all three types of plate boundaries, an extraordinary history of earthquakes and volcanoes, and it has many rocks and minerals found nowhere else. The Golden State includes both the highest and lowest point in the continental US and practically every conceivable geological feature known. This book discusses not only the important geologic features of each region in California, but also the complex geologic four-dimensional puzzle of how California was assembled, beginning over 2 billion years ago. The author provides up-to-date and authoritative review of the geology and geomorphology of each geologic province, as well as recent revelations of tectonic history of California’s past. There are separate chapters on some of California’s distinctive geologic resources, including gold, oil, water, coastlines, and fossils. An introductory section describes basic rock and mineral types and fundamental aspects of plate tectonics, so that students and other readers can make sense of the bizarre, wild, and crazy jigsaw puzzle that is California's geological history.

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"The amazing story of California's rich geologic diversity--from the San Andreas to Mt. Shasta from Yosemite to Death Valley, from the Gold Rush to the water wars--comes to life in Don Prothero's new book. Students will find the complexity of California's geology made clear and accessible here, in a way that makes readers hungry to visit the spectacular places described in this book."

Steven Newton
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College of Marin

"There are three things you need to know about this book. First, it covers everything pretty completely … Second, it is very up to date … [and] Third, it is written by Don Prothero … [thus] complicated and nuanced scientific topics are explained in a way that a reasonably educated non-expert can understand."

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Donald R. Prothero taught college geology and paleontlogy for 37 years at Caltech, Columbia, Cal Poly Pomona and Ocidental, Knox, Vassar, Glendale, Mt San Antonio, and Pierce Colleges.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CRC Press; 1st edition (December 2, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1498707912
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1498707916
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1 x 11 inches

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I'm a zoologist with a budding interest in geology derived from mucking around in the Mojave Desert of Nevada and consulting various Roadside Geologies. Dr. Prothero's book is a virtual textbook of geology along with its stated intent of providing a description of California's geology. The information on rocks (photos, chemical composition, atomic structure) is in my opinion better than most field guides to rocks and minerals. There are abundant photos and exquisite diagrams many of them in bold colors illustrating the below-ground structure and evolutionary sequence of geological features (often illustrated by photos). Many of the chapters, those describing a region or geological condition, begin with a "DATA" section giving such information as elevations, predominant geological ages of the rocks, geological resources, parks, etc. There are five terminal chapters on geological resources (gold, oil, water, fossils). Since I have long been aware of Dr. Prothero as a paleontologist and evolutionary biologist (I have at least two of his books on fossil mammals), and contributor to Skeptic magazine, I was surprised (I shouldn't have been) at his authoring such a comprehensive book on geology. If I had never visited the western U. S. and had come across this book in a bookstore, I would almost certainly have bought it.

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Kelly Terry

Amazing book!

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I so love this book! I have read other books by this author and love the way he communicates difficult ideas in a straightforward way. This is the best book on California’s geology that I own, and I have about a half dozen. I recently retired, and my husband and I are using this book to plan out our trips to interesting geology-related sites in California, our home state. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a readable, engaging resource on the amazing geology of California!

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Daniel Siebert

Excellent, but with one complaint.

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Excellent, well-laid-out information. I am a big fan of Dr. Prothero and have read several of his books. Frankly, the guy’s a genius, in my humble opinion. I will never forget the time I participated in a geology tour of California, Nevada, and Utah that he led for a small group of Skeptics Society members in the early 2000s. The only reason I am giving this book 4 stars, instead of 5, is because the quality of the photo printing is disappointing. That is no fault of the author. It is a shame to see such a valuable book fall somewhat short because of poor quality photo printing. Hopefully this will be corrected in a future edition.

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N. Graham

Excellent text on California geology and very readable for the ...

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Excellent text on California geology and very readable for the general public. A must for anyone who explores our beautiful state.

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Mark T. Campbell

Physical product is garbage!

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This is a wonderful effort and obviously a labor of love.

Unfortunately my copy has numerous holes like a family of bookworms had a huge feast.

Multiple rips that penetrate several pages. Physically my copy is garbage.

Be careful. I may return my copy!

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Five Stars

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Very good reference on the subject.

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Gregory T. Laden

An essential resource for the science-oriented Californian

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 27, 2016

I review books professionally, and had a special interest in the geology of California because of an upcoming project, so I sought out a review copy of this book. The copy this review is based on is identical to the production copy just being made available now. The tl;dr is that this is an amazing book about amazing geology. It is a great textbook for non specialized intro college courses, high school earth science electives, etc. but it is also a great read and reference book for science-oriented Californians. There are field guides to the geological sites in California, some fairly recent, but this book by Prothero should be your first California geology book, as it gives all the context and basic information and provides enough to interpret any designated geological landmark. I also note that, as textbooks go, this book is priced at the low end, clearly to access the general market of non-textbook readers.

California is one of the most geologically interesting and complex geopolitical units in the world. But so is Minnesota, where I live, and Minnesota is boring, geologically, for most people. Why? Because Minnesota is all eroded down and flattened out and covered with glacial till, so most of the interesting geology is buried, while California is actively engaged in its own geology in a spectacular and visually appealing way!

Lots of places have volcanoes. California has volcanoes that blow up, or that have erupted recently enough (geologically speaking) that you can still see the stuff laying all over the place they spewed out. Lots of places have rifting. Hell, one of the most interesting and important rifts in global geological history is right here in Minnesota. But, do people go to Duluth to see that rift, or to see Bob Dylan’s house? The latter, I think. In California, there are three or four different kinds of major tectonic activity, including lots of plate tectonic movement, some spreading, and a big chunk of the amazing Basin and Range extension phenomenon. (That was where what is roughly Nevada and big sections of Utah and California stretched out to several times its original size. In the old days, Reno and Salt Lake Cities wold have been in the same Congressional District!)

California doesn’t’ just have mountains. It has several different kinds of mountains, most of which are currently actively forming right before our very eyes, or so recently formed they still have the tags hanging off them.

The book, California’s Amazing Geology, begins with several chapters on basic geology. If you know basic geology you can skip quickly through this and refer back later when you forget something. However, if you are a teacher looking for better ways to explain things, look here carefully, you'll find great ideas.

Then there are several sections each dealing with a different geological region. Then, there is a chapter that literally puts it all together (“Assembling California”). Following this is a compendium of information on California’s main geological resources (gold, oil, water, etc., including fossils!)

There are three things you need to know about this book.

First, it covers everything pretty completely, considering the vastness of California and the fact that the book is 480 pages long.

Second, it is very up to date. There aren’t any up to date books about California Geology (though some of the roadside geology books are recently updated).

Third, it is written by Don Prothero, which means that complicated and nuanced scientific topics are explained in a way that a reasonably educated non expert can totally understand. Books like this all too commonly fall into jargonistic language either because the author has no clue it is happening, or because they are written for a highly specialized audience (and maybe the author is even a bit insecure). Don Prothero does not do that. He simply gives you the information in a respectfully, clear, understandable, but not watered down manner. A lot of people will tell you that is not possible. They are wrong, and Prothero does it all the time.

The illustrations, many by Don’s son, are excellent and numerous.

By the way, if you want to know more about how one goes about writing books like this, and how Don’s approach works, check out an interview I did with him on the Ikonokast podcat.

This is a bit of a specialized book unless you frequently visit or live in California. It is suitable as a textbook in college, but also, in just the right California science elective class. If you you are a modern student of natural history and California is in your catchment, this is a must-have book.

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