Basin and Range

Rating:
Summary: Very interesting for lay people interested in geology
Review: The parralells the author draws between the eastern seaboard during the breakup of North America from Europe to the Great Basin and what is going on there was fascinating to me. McPhee helps you understand the processes geologists go through in a way that is interesting to the lay person.

The projective nature of lookin at what the continent will look like millions of years down the road was also fascinating, with a major rift zone either along the Sierra Nevada or the Wasatch front, it certainly made the mountains and valleys come to life in my native state.

Between "Basin and Range" and two books about the Geology of Utah by Hintze and Stokes, Utahns are blessed with an abundance of interesting geology books that will help the novice along and make a simple drive in the country a fascinating tour of what was and what will be.

Rating:
Summary: My favorite Geology Book.
Review: The quote about geology class "the words came floating down the room like paper airplanes" and for California geology "wild, weirdsma, leather-jacket-with-shades geology" make this a valuable book for geology teachers. This is where I learned there is a mineral called noselite.