The geologic story of the national parks and monuments
By: David V. Harris, Eugene P. Kiver ; graphics by Gregory C. Nelson.
Contributors: Kiver, Eugene P.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
Subjects: Geology -- United States.; National parks and reserves -- United States.; Natural monuments -- United States.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [423]-447.
Includes index.

CONTENTS:

The national park system -- The national park service -- Parks and People -- Geologic principles and processes -- Geologic time -- The geomorphic province -- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Hawaii) -- Haleakala National Park (Hawaii) -- Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (Alaska) -- Cape Krusenstern National Monument (Alaska) -- Noatak National Preserve (Alaska) -- Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve (Alaska) -- Sitka National Historical Park (Alaska) -- Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve (Alaska) -- Katmai National Park and Preserve (Alaska) -- Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (Alaska) -- Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska) -- Kenai Fjords National Park (Alaska) -- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (Alaska) -- Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (Alaska) -- Olympic National Park (Washington) -- Oregon Caves National Monument (Oregon) -- Redwood National Park (California) -- Point Reyes National Seashore (California) -- Pinnacles National Monument (Collfornia) -- Channel Islands National Park (California) -- Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, U.S. Forest Service) -- North Cascades National Park (WashIngton) -- Mr. Rainier National Park (WashIngton) -- Crater Lake National Park (Oregon) -- Lassen Volcanic National Park (California) -- Lava Beds National Monument (CalifornIa) -- Craters of the Moon National Monument (Idaho) -- John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (Oregon) -- Yosemite National Park (California) -- Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks (California) -- Devils Postpile National Monument (California) -- Glacier National Park (Montana) -- Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (Alaska) -- Kobuk Volley National Park (Alaska) -- Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, Montana, Idaho) -- Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming) -- Timpanogos Cave National Monument (Utah) -- Dinosaur National Monument (Utah-Colorado) -- Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado) -- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument (Colorado) -- Great Sand Dunes National Monument (Colorado) -- Bandelier National Monument (New Mexico) -- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument (Colorado) -- Mesa Verde National Park (Colorado) -- Colorado National Monument (Colorado) -- Arches National Park (Utah) -- Canyonlands National Park (Utah) -- Natural Bridges National Monument (Utah) -- Rainbow Bridge National Monument (Utah) -- Capitol Reef National Park (Utah) -- Zion National Park (Utah) -- Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah) -- Cedar Breaks National Monument (Utah) -- Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona) -- Sunset Crater National Monument (Arizona) -- Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona) -- Canyon de Chelly Notional Monument (Arizona) -- El Morro National Monument (New Mexico) -- Lehman Caves National Monument (Nevada) -- Death Valley National Monument (California and Nevada) -- Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (Arizona) -- Chiricahua National Monument (Arizona) -- Big Bend National Park (Texas) -- Carlsbad Caverns (New Mexico) and Guadalupe Mountains (Texas) National Parks -- White Sands National Monument (New Mexico) -- Capulin Mountain National Monument (New Mexico) -- Fossil Butte National Monument (Wyoming) -- Devils Tower National Monument (Wyoming) -- Wind Cave National Park (South Dakota) -- Jewel Cave National Monument (South Dakota) -- Badlands National Park (South Dakota) -- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (Nebraska) -- Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Dakota) -- Chickasaw National Recreation Area (Oklahoma) -- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Indiana) -- Hot Springs National Park (Arkansas) -- Isle Royale National Park (Michigan) -- Voyageurs National Park (Minnesota)  -- Mammoth Cave National Park (Kentucky) -- Shenandoah National Park (Virginia) -- Blue Ridge Parkway (Virginia and North Carolina) -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina and Tennessee) -- Acadia National Park (Maine) -- Cape Cod National Seashore (Massachusetts) -- Padre Island National Seashore (Texas) -- Everglades National Park (Florida) -- Biscayne National Park (Florida) -- Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores (North Carolina) -- Virgin Islands National Park (Virgin Islands) -- Buck Island National Monument (Virgin Islands).