Geo. 3332: Geology of U.S. National Parks and Monuments-selected course handouts-

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• Outline map of the United States (best printed horizontally)

COLORADO PLATEAU

• Geologic Map (77k file, from USGS):

(P= Paleozoic; JTr= Jurassic-Triassic; K=Cretaceous; T=Tertiary; Tv=Tertiary Volcanics)

• The Grand Staircase (modified after King, 1977) - best if printed at 95% reduction

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK

• Grand Canyon Cross Section

• Grand Canyon Map and Cross Section (from Hunt, U.S.G.S.)

• Stratigraphy of the Western Colorado Plateau

BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK

• Bryce Canyon Cross Sections (modified after Billingsly et al, 1987)

CAPTIOL REEF NATIONAL PARK

• Capitol Reef Cross Section

CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARKS

• Geomorphic Map of Canyonlands (best printed at 85% reduction)

• Canyonlands Geologic Cross Section (best printed horizontally @50% reduction)

ARCHES NATIONAL MONUMENT

• Generalized Geologic Map (modified after Doelling, 1985)-best printed with Page Setup at 50%

PALEOGEOGRAPHIC MAPS: (from W.R.Dickinson)-best printed with Page Setup at 50%

• Precambrian basement

• Early-Middle Paleozoic

• Late Paleozoic

• Middle Mesozoic

• Late Mesozoic I

• Late Meosozoic II

•Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary

•Late Cenozoic