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Title The western San Juan Mountains : their geology, ecology, and human history / managing editor, Rob Blair ; technical editors, Tom Ann Casey, William H. Romme, Richard N. Ellis
Published Niwot, Colo. : Fort Lewis College Foundation, ©1996

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 406 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Origin of landscapes / Rob Blair -- Paleotectonic history / Douglas C. Brew -- Precambrian rocks / Jack A. Ellingson -- Paleozoic history / John A. Campbell -- Mesozoic and early Cenozoic history / Jack Campbell and Doug Brew -- Volcanic rocks / Jack A. Ellingson -- Ore deposits and minerals / Scott Fetchenhier -- Energy resources / T.L. Britt and J.M. Hornbeck -- Weather and climate / Richard A. Keen -- Ecological patterns / Albert W. Spencer and William H. Romme -- Biotic communities of the semiarid foothills and valleys / Lisa Floyd-Hanna, Albert W. Spencer and William H. Romme -- Biotic communities of the cool mountains / David W. Jamieson, William H. Romme and Preston Somers -- Wetlands, riparian habitats, and rivers / Preston Somers and Lisa Floyd-Hanna -- The foragers of the forest / Philip Duke -- The Anasazi : prehistoric farmers / Gary Matlock -- The Spanish / Richard N. Ellis -- The Utes / Richard N. Ellis -- The miners : they builded better than they knew / Duane Smith -- Points of interest along the San Juan Skyway / Rob Blair and Preston Somers -- Points of interest along the Durango-to-Silverton narrow-gauge railroad / Rob Blair -- Points of interest along the Alpine Loop / Barb Byron
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Geology -- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)
Ecology -- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)
TRAVEL -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Ecology
Geology
Travel
SUBJECT San Juan Skyway (Colo.) -- Guidebooks
San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.) -- Description and travel
San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.) -- History
Subject Colorado -- San Juan Skyway
United States -- San Juan Mountains
Genre/Form Electronic books
travel guidebooks.
Guidebooks
History
Guidebooks.
Guides touristiques.
Form Electronic book
Author Blair, Rob, 1943-
Casey, Tom Ann, editor.
Romme, W. H. (William H.), editor.
Ellis, Richard N., 1939- editor.
ISBN 0585025029
9780585025025
9781607321316
1607321319