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…
Bohemian karst (Český kras) landscape formed in a limestone of Silurian and mainly Devonian age. The area hosts several international stratotype and parastratotype sections General March 4, 2005 Dr. Cílek on the Bohemian karst Dr. Cílek, the Director of the Czech Republic’s Academy of Sciences Institute of Geology delivers a fascinating talk about the Bohemian Karst region of the Czech Republic, around Beroun, that weaves the human historical, mystical, and mythological elements…
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…
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 —…