FT-00-01 Guide to the Geology of the Glenwood Springs Area, Garfield County, Colorado

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This field trip guide was part of the October 2000 Earth Science Week. PDF download. FT-00-01D

From the Introduction:

The scenery and topography that you will see during this field trip have formed over billions of years through multiple episodes of mountain-building and uplift, widespread seas, swamps, down-cutting and erosion, dissolution, and collapse. The uplift of the White River Plateau to the north, folding of the Grand Hogback Monocline, deformation and subsidence of the Eagle Valley Evaporite, downcutting of the Colorado and Roaring Fork Rivers, Tertiary volcanism, and mineralized hot springs have produced the existing geologic environment in the Glenwood Springs area.

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Kirkham, Robert M., and Vincent Matthews. “FT-00-01 Guide to the Geology of the Glenwood Springs Area, Garfield County, Colorado: Earth Science Week Field Trip, October 13, 2000.” Edited by Leslie Baca. Colorado Geological Survey, Division of Minerals and Geology, Department of Natural Resources, October 2000. https://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/publications/field-trip-geology-glenwood-garfield-colorado/.
FT-00-01 Guide to the Geology of the Glenwood Springs Area
FT-00-01 Guide to the Geology of the Glenwood Springs Area

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