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Philmont country : the rocks and landscape of a famous New Mexico ranch / by G.D. Robinson [and three others] ; illustrated by John R. Stacy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robinson, G. D. (Gershon Du Vall), 1918- author.
- Series:
- Geological Survey professional paper ; 505.
- Geological Survey professional paper ; 505
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geological Survey (U.S.).
- Geology--New Mexico--Colfax County.
- Geology.
- Geology--New Mexico.
- New Mexico--Colfax County.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
- Distribution:
- Washington : United States Government Printing Office
- Other Title:
- Rocks and landscape of a famous New Mexico ranch
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1964.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Additional title page description: The geologic story of the last billion eventful years in the Philmont Ranch region, where the Cimarron Range rises from the High Plains.
- Contents:
- What this book is about
- A bird's-eye view: the Philmont landscape
- Landforms
- Water on the land: creeks and lakes
- Climate
- A closer view: the rocks, fossils, and water beneath the land
- Rocks beneath the plains
- Gravel and sand
- Black shale and orange shale
- Grey limestone
- Dark mica-rich lamporphyre
- Brown andesite
- Rocks of the benchlands
- Yellow sandstone and conglomerate
- Light-gray sandstone
- Shale
- Dark basalt
- Dacite porphyry
- Andesite
- Coal
- Rocks of the hummocky hillsides
- Rocks of the rugged mountains
- Spotted dacite porphyry
- Striped gneiss and schist
- Garnet schist
- Quartzite
- Diorite porphyry
- Pink granodiorite
- Yellow and gray quartz sandstone
- Red sandstone and conglomerate
- Red shale and black shale
- Limestone conglomerate
- Basalt
- Red bomb beds
- Pepper-and-salt diorite
- Rubble
- Ore deposits?
- Thoughts about rocks
- Water in the ground: the lake beneath us
- A cake of many layers: the rock sequence
- Putting the rocks on paper: naming and mapping formations
- When was this cake made?
- Missing layers
- Subsurface geologic processes at work
- Measuring the tilt of beds
- Deformed layers: tilted and folded rocks
- Deformed layers: broken rocks
- Philmont in three dimensions
- Uplift
- Injections of molten rock
- Volcanic eruptions
- Ground water in folded rocks: artesian water?
- Shaping the landscape
- The network of streams
- The special history of Cimarron Creek
- The high benchlands
- Deer Lake Mesa: hollowed by the wind?
- The southern benchlands, their meadows and lakes
- The lowland plains
- Waterfalls and mountain meadows
- The rugged mountain country
- Hummocky hillsides: fossil landslides
- Glaciers?
- Landscapes of the past
- Restless mountains, restless plains: the geologic history of Philmont
- Exit wondering
- Suggested reading
- About this book.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed September 24, 2014).
- "The geologic story of the last billion eventful years in the Philmont Ranch region, where the Cimarron Range rises from the High Plains."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2018.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Robinson, G.D. (Gershon Du Vall), 1918-. Philmont country, the rocks and landscape of a famous New Mexico ranch
- OCLC:
- 1021851308
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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