Creation of the Teton Landscape
- Subtitle
- The Geologic Story of Grand Teton National Park
J. D. (John David) Love and John C. (John Calvin) Reed
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1. Front matter2. FOREWORD3. THE STORY BEGINS4. CARVING THE RUGGED PEAKS5. MOUNTAIN UPLIFT6. ENORMOUS TIME AND DYNAMIC EARTH7. PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS—THE CORE OF THE TETONS8. THE PALEOZOIC ERA—TIME OF LONG-VANISHED SEAS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE9. THE MESOZOIC—ERA OF TRANSITION10. TERTIARY—TIME OF MAMMALS, MOUNTAINS, LAKES, AND VOLCANOES11. QUATERNARY—TIME OF ICE, MORE LAKES, AND CONTINUED CRUSTAL DISTURBANCE12. THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE13. APPENDIX14. Index of selected terms and features15. The GRAND TETON NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION16. Transcriber’s Notes