Geology Underfoot on Colorado's Western Slope
by Jack Shroder, Amy Ellwein, George Engelmann, and Carol Engelmann
Geology Underfoot on Colorado's Western Slope
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| Preface |
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| DEEP TIME ON THE WESTERN SLOPE |
1
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| Some Geologic Basics |
6
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| Precambrian Eon: The Time before Complex Life |
10
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| Paleozoic Era: The Time of Ancient Life |
12
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| Ancestral Rockies |
13
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| Mesozoic Era: The Middle Ages |
17
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| Cenozoic Era: Transition to the Modern World |
22
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| Discovery Expeditions |
23
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| VIGNETTES | |
| 1. Hahns Peak Mining |
27
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| 2. Western Slope Hot Springs |
35
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| 3. Grand Hogback and Glenwood Canyon |
42
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| 4. Redstone and Coal Basin |
52
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| 5. Aspen's Silver Boom |
62
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| 6. Maroon Bells |
70
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| 7. Taylor Park |
81
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| 8. Crested Butte to Paonia Dam and Gothic |
91
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| 9. Oxidizing Nasties of Acid Mine Drainage |
105
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| 10. Hartman Rocks |
115
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| 11. Powderhorn Carbonatites at Iron Hill |
123
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| 12. Slumgullion Slope Failures |
130
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| 13. The Alpine Loop from Lake City |
136
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| 14. Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad |
155
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| 15. Mesa Verde National Park |
168
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| 16. Telluride |
183
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| 17. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park |
194
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| 18. Uravan Mining District |
203
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| 19. West Salt Creek Landslide |
209
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| 20. Colorado National Monument |
218
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| 21. Book Cliffs at Grand Junction |
226
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| 22. Fruita Paleontological Area and Rabbit Valley |
232
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| 23. Roan Cliffs at Douglas Pass |
242
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| 24. Rangely Oil Field |
252
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| 25. Harpers Corner Road in Dinosaur National Monument |
259
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| 26. Browns Park |
271
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| GLOSSARY |
283
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| RESOURCES |
299
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| INDEX |
313
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