Topics are in approximate order along the trip
Topics to be presented 2025
San Juan volcanic field |
Atticus |
San Juan Basin |
Brett |
Hogback Monocline |
Sydney |
Morrison Formation |
Anya |
*Shiprock (Tertiary volcanism and xenoliths, Four Corners) (or Agathla Peak, depending) |
Donna |
Chuska Sandstone (Eocene-Olig Colo. Plat.) |
Grady |
Entrenched meanders, Colorado Plateau |
Dante |
Meteor Crater |
Sorin |
San Francisco volcanic field |
Ashley |
Mogollon Rim (near Sedona) |
Michael |
Cave markers of Grand Canyon incision |
Emma |
*Dish Hill (Amboy) volcanics and xenoliths |
Jacob |
Eastern California Shear Zone (Calico Fault) |
Lark |
*Central Mojave Extensional Belt (Waterman Hills detachment) |
Wolfgang |
Sierra Nevada batholith |
Lark |
*Neogene tectonics, Panamint Valley |
Jacob |
*Geology of Panamint Range |
Donna |
*Death Valley "Turtlebacks" |
Wolfgang |
Amargosa chaos |
Sydney |
Pahrump group (Precambrian)/Johnnie oolite |
Anya |
Hurricane Fault |
Emma |
Sevier/Toroweap Fault |
Dante |
Bryce Canyon Tertiary thrusts (Paunsaugunt Plateau) |
Grady |
Cretaceous stratigraphy, Utah to Colorado |
Michael |
Henry Mtns laccoliths |
Sorin |
Grizzly Creek shear zone (1.4 Ga fault) |
Ashley |
Penn-Permian stratigraphy, Eagle Basin, CO |
Brett |
Salt tectonics near Glenwood Springs, CO |
Atticus |
Some general references:
J. P. Jenney and S. J. Reynolds, (editors), Geological Evolution of Arizona, Ariz.
Geol. Soc. Digest, 17, Arizona Geol. Soc., 1989.
L. F. Hintze, Geologic History of Utah, Spec. Publ. 7 , Brigham
Young Univ. Geol. Studies, 1988.
B. Wernicke (ed.), Basin and Range Extensional Tectonics near the Latitude
of Las Vegas, Nevada, Geol. Soc. Am. Memoir, 176, 1990.
J. H. Stewart, Geology of Nevada, Nevada Bir. Mines Geol. Spec. Publ., 4,
1980.
Mack, G. H., and K. A. Giles (editors), The Geology of New Mexico: A Geologic
History, New Mexico Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ., 11, 474
pp., 2004.
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