Many of our national parks, monuments, and seashores were established because of their inspiring geological features—from the geysers of Yellowstone to the granite peaks of Yosemite. In Parks and Plates, Robert J. Lillie explains the fascinating geological processes that have formed these dramatic volcanoes, shorelines, and landscapes. Structuring the text around major geological features, Lillie highlights geologic patterns across many different parks and uses over 100 park sites to illustrate plate tectonics visually. Lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs, diagrams, and maps, Parks and Plates is the ideal text to enrich undergraduates’ experience of our national parks. Table Of Contents Part II: Divergent Plate Boudnaries CHAPTER 3: CONTINENTAL RIFTS CHAPTER 4: PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGINS Basin and Range Province Keweenawan Rift Colorado Plateau Part III: Convergent Plate Boundaries CHAPTER 5: SUBDUCTION ZONES CHAPTER 6: COLLISIONAL MOUNTAIN RANGES Cascadia Subduction Zone Appalachian/Ouachita/Marathon Part IV: Transform Plate Boundaries CHAPTER 7: SAN ANDREAS AND OTHER TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES San Andreas Fault Zone Caribbean Part V: Hotspots CHAPTER 8: OCEANIC HOTSPOTS CHAPTER 9: HOTSPOTS BENEATH CONTINENTAL CRUST Hawaii Yellowstone/Snake River Plain/Columbia Plateau Part VI: Building the North American Continent CHAPTER 10: NORTH AMERICAN CRATON CHAPTER 11: ACCRETED TERRANES Continental Shield Continental Platform Colorado Plateau Laramide Uplifts Foreland Fold-and-Thrust-Belts Accreted Terranes