E-BOOK PUBLICATION ON DYNAMIC GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN CORDILLERA (ALASKA AND WESTERN CANADA)

An exciting new E-Book is designed to clearly describe, explain, and illustrate the nature, origin, and geological evolution of the amazing mountain system that extends through the Northern Cordillera (Alaska and Western Canada). Major sections of the E-Book cover Regional Geology and Tectonics, Neotectonics and Natural Hazards, Sculpting the Earth, Slicing the Earth, Geologic Sources of Minerals and Energy, How the Solid Earth Works, a Tectonic Model for the Northern Cordillera, Virtual Geologic Highway Guides for Eastern Alaska and the Southern Canada Cordillera, and a Digital Atlas (with large-format, color geologic, tectonic, natural hazard, and geomorphic maps). For this presentation, selected interactive displays of these sections, with numerous Hot Links (Hyperlinks), will be demonstrated.

The publication of the E-Book, in digital format, provides several advantageous features: (1) the availability of Hot Links to definitions and concepts as explained on various Web sites; (2) the availability of Hot Links to other parts of the E-Book, including color figures, photos, tables, and Highlights (related interesting articles); and (3) the availability of Hot Links to regional maps in the E-Book that containing multiple layers that can be displayed in different combinations in order to portray major earth science relationships between or among the various layers.

The E-Book is primarily designed for persons with a strong interest in earth science. The E-Book is aimed at readers who understand science at the level of Scientific American, and/or have taken a first- or second-year earth science course. The E-Book, that contains major new syntheses and interpretations of the dynamic geology of the region, should also be quite useful for college and university earth science teachers, earth science majors, and professional earth scientists.

The E-Book will be published on DVD and on the Internet. The publication will be not be copyrighted; it will be available for free downloading. Free DVD’s will be available for the cost of postage. To receive an announcement about the release of the E-Book, kindly send an E-Mail to the lead author.