Geology March 24, 2018 A Brief History of Colorado Through Time (Geology of Colorado) One of the many fascinating videos from our geo-friends up the road at University of Colorado-Boulder: A Brief History of Colorado Through Time (Geology of Colorado). The Interactive Geology Project was formed in 2002 by professor Paul Weimer…
Water Resources Investigation WRI 2017-1a Geology, Water November 15, 2017 A new Water Resources Investigation: Upper Pierre Aquifer Our friends over at the Colorado Division of Water Resources (CDWR) have just released Water Resources Investigation WRI 2017-1a, The Upper Pierre Aquifer of the Cheyenne Basin, Northeastern Colorado, Geologic Cross Sections, authored by Ralf Topper, Clinton D. Meyer, Marshall Haworth, Kevin C. Donegan, Hillary Banks,…
OF-16-02 Geologic Map of the Watkins Quadrangle Geology, Publications June 27, 2017 OF-16-02 Geologic Map of the Watkins Quadrangle, Arapahoe and Adams Counties, Colorado We’ve just uploaded the next of our free STATEMAP quadrangle map products to our online store: the Geologic Map of the Watkins Quadrangle, Arapahoe and Adams Counties, Colorado. The STATEMAP series in…
OF-16-03 Colorado Rocky Mountain Front Profiles (detail)|OF-16-03 Colorado Rocky Mountain Front Profiles (detail)|OF-16-03 Colorado Rocky Mountain Front Profiles (detail)|OF-16-03 Colorado Rocky Mountain Front Profiles (detail)|OF-16-03 Colorado Rocky Mountain Front Profiles General, Geology, Publications May 15, 2017 OF-16-03 Colorado Rocky Mountain Front Profiles (NOTE: This poster is currently out of production, so if you would like a copy of this poster please email our publications team at askcgs@coloradogeologicalsurvey.org) Can you name the features of the endless Rocky Mountain skyline as seen from the Front Range? Where are they…
OF-16-05 Geologic Map of the Longmont Quadrangle Geology, Publications April 12, 2017 OF-16-05 Geologic Map of the Longmont Quadrangle, Boulder and Weld Counties, Colorado We just uploaded the most recent of our STATEMAP mapping products to our online store: the Geologic Map of the Longmont Quadrangle, Boulder and Weld Counties, Colorado. The STATEMAP series in general provides a detailed description of the…
Earthquake damage: to interior adobe walls of residence Geology, Hazards August 23, 2011 Case Study: The Trinidad, Colorado Earthquakes [ED: Originally published in 2011 by Vincent Matthews, former State Geologist at the CGS.] Around midnight on August 22, 2011, Colorado experienced its largest earthquake in half a century. The earthquake was quickly relegated to obscurity by the 5.8 earthquake that occurred about 12 hours…
Free 8.5- x 11-inch map of Colorado geology (front) along with Geo-Whizology (back). General, Geology, Publications February 28, 2008 The biggest, the best, the first, and the most diverse… We have a free 8.5- x 11-inch (pdf) geologic map of Colorado containing Geo-Whizology of Colorado on the reverse side. Of course, we’re a bit biased, but we think Colorado has magnificent geology and it is beautifully displayed for all to see. The state holds many…
Retaining wall settlement at the center of the image with the sorority houses in the background and the IM field in the foreground. Photo credit: T. C. Wait for the CGS.|The Rockwell clay mine area immediately south of the CSM campus along US 6 in 1977 before more recent reclamation as a golf course. The green area to the top left is part of the IM field where the subsidence occurred. Photo credit: Colorado Geological Survey.|DC resistivity survey crew from the engineering firm Zapata/Blackhawk laying out the multicore switch cables across the IM field area in 2008. Photo credit: T. C. Wait for the CGS.|Subsidence road damage near one of the sorority houses at CSM in August 2005. Photo credit: T. C. Wait for the CGS.|A drill-rig preparing boreholes for subsurface grouting under the IM field in August 2005. Photo credit: T. C. Wait for the CGS.|One of the several subsidence features in the IM field at the Colorado School of Mines in 2005. Photo credit: T. C. Wait for the CGS.|Figure from DC resistivity report from 2009 detailing some of the infrastructure Geology, Hazards April 26, 2005 Case Study: mine subsidence, CSM For decades, the west side of the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) main campus had subsidence issues related to historical mining activities. At one point, in the 1990s, one of the married student housing units in that area was so badly damaged that it was condemned. In the early…
West view of the 2003 sinkhole showing proximity to campus buildings. Sunlight Ski Area is on the left horizon. Roaring Fork River valley is in left middle background below the ski area and in front of first row of ridges. Photo credit: Jon White for the CGS.|South close-up view of sinkhole wall showing uniform silt sediments derived from windblown deposits (loess). CMC maintenance staff had started to fill the sinkhole with broken road-pavement waste. Photo credit: Jon White for the CGS.|Sample of the loess from the wall of the sinkhole. Photo credit: Jon White for the CGS.|The sinkhole site Geology, Hazards February 4, 2003 Case Study: Colorado Mountain College, Spring Valley In early February of 2003, a 24-foot-wide (7.5 m) sinkhole spontaneously opened on a soccer field at the Colorado Mountain College (CMC) – Spring Valley campus, about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Glenwood Springs in Garfield County. The CMC physical plant maintenance staff back-filled the hole with road pavement…
The Purgatoire River dinosaur trackway at twilight Geology October 1, 2000 A Dash with Dinosaurs In the next months, we will be sharing some unpublished field trip guides that we have made over the years. The occasion for this one was “Earth Science Week” back in 2000, an annual event initiated by the…
Isoseismal map for the earthquake north-east of Denver - 9 August 1967 - MMI VII. (detail) Geology, Hazards August 9, 1967 Case Study: Denver – August 9, 1967 Major magnitude 5.3 earthquake shock in Denver One of the strongest and most economically damaging earthquakes to affect the Denver area in the 1960s occurred on August 9, 1967 around 6:30 AM, awakening and frightening thousands of people. This magnitude 5.3 earthquake, centered near Commerce…
Boulder oil field, 1915. Photo credit: C. L. McClure and the Denver Public Library. General, Geology March 29, 1907 Concerns about the new survey Regarding the Colorado Geological Survey (an article appearing in the Mining Reporter, March 1907): We note that one of our contemporaries, in recently commenting on the University bill creating a State Geological Survey of Colorado — the bill reported favorably on by the joint Senate and House mining committee —…