Bibliograph

Fire mountains of the West, the Cascade and Mono Lake volcanoes, Stephen L. Harris

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Fire mountains of the West, the Cascade and Mono Lake volcanoes, Stephen L. Harris

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-438) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fire mountains of the West

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

60543333

Responsibility statement

Stephen L. Harris

Sub title

the Cascade and Mono Lake volcanoes

Table Of Contents

Our western volcanoes : an overview -- Plates in motion : the ring of fire, hot spots, and supereruptions -- Magma and mountains : how volcanoes erupt and the landforms they build -- Glaciers on Cascade volcanoes : mixing fire and ice -- The Mono Lake-Long Valley region : California's restless caldera -- Lassen Peak : California's most recently active volcano -- Mount Shasta : mountain of menace and mystery -- Medicine Lake volcano : California's largest volcanic edifice -- Mount McLoughlin : sentinel of southern Oregon -- Crater Lake : beauty born of fire -- Oregon's matterhorns : Mount Thielsen and its Cascade peers -- Newberry Volcano : the West's largest fire mountain -- The Three Sisters : Oregon's volcanic playground -- Mount Jefferson : guardian of the wilderness -- Mount Hood : Oregon's greatest volcanic threat -- Mount Adams : the forgotten giant of Washington -- Mount St. Helens : a living fire mountain -- Mount Rainier : America's most dangerous volcano -- Glacier Peak : white goddess of the north Cascades -- Mount Baker : fire under ice -- Mount Garibaldi : the volcano that overlapped a glacier -- Glacial ice and volcanic fire : now and in the future -- When Mount Shasta erupts

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