My main interest is in the origin of mountains and elevated topography in continents, primarily in the western U.S. Much of the recent work has focused on seismological approaches to understanding the ...

Though Granada's storied history should be appreciated as much as possible, the nearby Sierra Nevada Mountains are also worth exploring. The Sierra Nevada Mountains are part of Sierra Nevada ...

Neogene (Miocene-Pliocene) sedimentary rocks of the northeastern Sierra Nevada were deposited in small basins that ... This record is consistent with evidence that there was no significant topographic ...

Schulte-Pelkum was already studying the Sierra Nevada's peculiar rock footprint ... The scientists found that in the central region of the mountain range, Earth's crust is currently peeling ...

HABITAT: Sierra Nevada red foxes live in a wide range of remote, high-elevation alpine and subalpine habitats, including meadows; dense, mature forest; talus; and fell fields. Habitat use varies ...