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Mesa Verde National Park : geologic resource evaluation report / John Graham.

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Format:
Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
Graham, John P. (John Paul), author.
Contributor:
United States. Department of the Interior
United States. National Park Service. Geologic Resources Division, issuing body.
Series:
Natural resources report ; 2006/015.
Natural resource report ; NPS/NRPC/GRD/NRR 2006/015
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Geology--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park.
Geology.
National parks and reserves--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park.
National parks and reserves.
Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--Environmental conditions.
Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.).
Ecology.
Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (iv, 29 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
Other Title:
MEVE geologic resource evaluation report
Place of Publication:
Denver, Colorado : Geologic Resources Division, Natural Resource Program Center ; Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of the Interior, 2006.
Contents:
Executive summary
Introduction. Purpose of the Geologic Resources Evaluation Program
Park history
Geologic setting
Geologic issues. Geological hazards
Groundwater flow
Joint systems
Mineral resources
Adjacent development
Potential geologic research projects
Interpretive needs
Geologic features and processes. Cuesta features
Alcoves
Overlooks
Surface features
Volcanic features
Map unit properties. Map unit properties table
Geologic history. Mesozoic Era : Cretaceous period
Cretaceous-Tertiary Laramide Tectonics
Cenozoic Era : Tertiary period and uplift of the Colorado Plateau
Cenozoic Era : Quaternary period
References
Appendix A : Geologic map graphic
Appendix B : Scoping summary.
Notes:
"March 2006."
"NPS D-270"--Page ii.
"Experience your America"--Page 4 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-24).
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Nature.NPS.gov website, viewed October 4, 2019).
OCLC:
1121642303

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