Geology of Chama area, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

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dc.contributor.advisorMuehlberger, William R.
dc.creatorAdams, Gordon Edward, 1929-en
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-12T20:40:25Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:21:57Z
dc.date.available2011-05-12T20:40:25Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:21:57Z
dc.date.issued1957-06en
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractThe Chama area straddles the physiographic and structural boundary between the San Juan Basin and the San Juan Mountains. The Mesozoic formations, the Upper Jurassic Entrada and Morrison and the Upper Cretaceous Dakota and Mancos, are separated by a marked angular unconformity from the Oligocene (?) Blanco Basin Formation and the upper Miocene Conejos Quartz Latite and Treasure Mountain Rhyolite. Late Cenozoic eastward tilting and high-angle normal faulting have affected all the bedded rocks. The present topography has been profoundly modified by extensive mass movements and Pleistocene glaciation during the Cerro, Durango, and Wisconsin stages with related outwash terrace deposits.en
dc.description.departmentGeological Sciencesen
dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/11233en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en
dc.subjectGeology--New Mexico--Rio Arriba Countyen
dc.titleGeology of Chama area, Rio Arriba County, New Mexicoen

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