Arthur Sylvester's New Book Explores Geology of SoCal Lanscape

Drive eight hours in any direction in Southern California and you'll get a lesson in geology by way of landscape. Desert erosion, glaciation, volcanism, prehistoric landslides and active earthquake faults abound along the region's highways and byways.

But you have to know what you're looking for. A new book by UC Santa Barbara geologist Arthur Sylvester and illustrator Elizabeth O'Black Gans, a UCSB alumna, aims to help.

The pair spent three years creating

'Roadside Geology of Southern California" the latest in a series of highway guides from Mountain Press Publishing Co. The first, "Roadside Geology of Northern California," was published in 1972.

With 196 geo-referenced color photographs, 84 detailed maps and 31 explanatory diagrams, the 400 pages of "Roadside Geology of Southern California" combine the latest science with accessible stories about the rocks and landscapes visible from winding two-lane byways as well as from the region?s vast network of highways.
 

Roadside Geology of Southern California

News Date: 

Tuesday, February 2, 2016