You will be provided with a loan copy of this textbook for the duration of the semester.
Windows into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
by Robert B. Smith and Lee J. Siegel
From the Publisher: Millions of years ago, the North American continent was dragged over the world’s largest continental hotspot, a huge column of hot and molten rock rising from the Earth’s interior that traced a 50-mile wide, 500-mile-long path northeastward across Idaho. Generating cataclysmic volcanic eruptions and large earthquakes, the hotspot helped lift the Yellowstone Plateau to more than 7,000 feet and pushed the northern Rockies to new heights. Smith and Siegel bring to life the grandeur of these geologic phenomena as they reveal the forces that have shaped–and continue to shape–the greater Yellowstone-Teton region.
Reading Assignments.–Once you have completed each reading assignment go to Canvas and take the associated reading quiz for each (due times are all midnight, that is 11:59:59pm on the date provided)
- Chapter 01: A Land Of Scenery and Violence due Friday September 12th, midnight
- Chapter 02: In the Wake of the Yellowstone Hotspot due Friday September 19th, midnight
- Chapter 03: Cataclysm due Friday September 26th, midnight
- Chapter 04: How Yellowstone Works due Friday October 3rd, midnight
- Chapter 05: The Broken Earth (OPTIONAL) – no associated Canvas Quiz
- Chapter 06: Ice over Fire due Friday October 10th, midnight (this is day before trip, plan accordingly)
- Chapter 07: Future Disasters due Friday October 19th, midnight
