[Inyo-Mono]

As I'm sure you know, John McPhee's Basin and Range is an excellent read on the subject.

[JimSEA]

You can take his book and wander through the peaks of the Ruby Mountains with its granite and diabase porphyry as a guide if I recall. Poet and technical journalist.

[JimSEA]

I just look through the parts I was living in, I’ll have to read the whole thing now that I’ve the time.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Had not read that one. Thank you for the reference.