Smith, Robert B. : University of Utah
Robert B. Smith is a professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Utah and a fellow of the American
Geophysical Union and the Geological Society of America. He has spent his career studying the Yellowstone-Teton
region.
Siegel, Lee J. :
Lee J. Siegel has written about science since 1976, most recently as science editor of The Salt Lake Tribune.
He contributed to the Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption by The Daily News of
Longview, Washington, and in 1996, he won the Utah Seismic Safety Commissions first annual Outstanding Contribution
to Earthquake Safety in Utah Award.
"Geologist Smith and science writer Siegel team up to tell the exciting story of how Yellowstone and Grand
Teton National Parks came to be."
--Bob Decker, former director of the U.S. Geological Surveys Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and Professor Emeritus,
Dartmouth College, and Barbara Decker, science writer
"I love this book not only for its ground-breaking science, but for its insight and empathy into these beloved
wildlands that offer so many of us sanctuary."
--Terry Tempest Williams
Oxford University Press Web Site, March, 2002
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, creating the
jewel of the U.S. national park system: Yellowstone. Meanwhile, forces stretching apart the western U.S. created
the mountainous glory of Grand Teton National Park. Smith and Siegel offer expert guidance through this awe-inspiring
terrain, bringing to life the grandeur of these geologic phenomena as they reveal the forces that have shapedand
continue to shapethe greater Yellowstone-Teton region. Over seventy illustrations, including fifty-two in full
color, illuminate the beauty of the landscape, while two final chapters provide driving tours of the parks to help
visitors enjoy and understand the region's wonders.
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