Hiking the Southwest's Geology: Four Corners Region

Hiking the Southwest's Geology: Four Corners Region
ISBN-10
0898868564
ISBN-13
9780898868562
Category
Sports & Recreation
Pages
286
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
The Mountaineers Books
Author
Ralph Lee Hopkins

Description

Hiking the Southwest's Geology: Four Corners Region takes curious hikers on a journey through time that explores the Colorado Plateau-an immense land of canyons, mesas, and isolated mountain ranges in the American Southwest. Hopkins' stunning color photography brings the Four Corners Region to life in dazzling detail.

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