The Geologic Story of Colorado National Monument

About this eBook

Author

Lohman, Stanley William, 1907-

Title

The Geologic Story of Colorado National Monument Revised Edition

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QE: Science: Geology

Subject

Colorado National Monument (Colo.)

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52325

Release Date

June 14, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Geologic Story of COLORADO NATIONAL MONUMENT
2. 2.Contents
3. 3.Figures
4. 4.Preface
5. 5.History of the Monument
6. 6.Early History of the Region — Prehistoric People
7. 7.Late Arrivals — Early Settlement [13] — The Brown-Stanton River Expedition [14] — Kodel’s Gold Mine [15] — Recent Cave Dweller
8. 8.Artesian Wells
9. 9.Geographic Setting
10. 10.The Geologic Story Begins — Ancient Rocks and Events — A Great Gap in the Rock Record
11. 11.The Age of Reptiles — Early Landscape — Ancient Sand Dunes — The Rains Came — Another Gap in the Rock Record — The Sea to the West — Deposits and Events East of the Sea — Dinosaurs Roam the Monument — Dinosaurs on the Move — Yet Another Gap in the Rock Record — Peat Bogs — The Sea Covers the Plateau — The Sea’s Final Retreat — End of the Dinosaurs
12. 12.The Age of Mammals — Early Deposits and Events — Lake Uinta — The Mountains Rise Again — Nearby Lava Flows [30] — Ancestral Colorado River — Piracy on the High Plateaus
13. 13.The Age of Man — The Ice Age — Capture of East Creek — Canyon Cutting — A Look into the Future
14. 14.How to See the Monument
15. 15.Trips Through and Around the Monument [34] — From Grand Junction through the Redlands to the West Entrance of the Monument — STARTING POINT — REDLANDS CANAL — SOUTH BROADWAY — SOUTH CAMP ROAD SIDE TRIP — BRACHIOSAURUS MONUMENT — WATCH TURNS — LEFT TURN — WATCH FOR BUFFALO — REDLANDS FAULT — WINGATE DRIVE SIDE TRIP — MONUMENT CANYON TRAIL — DRAINAGE DIVIDE — ROAD INTERSECTION — From Fruita to the West Entrance of the Monument — MORRISON FORMATION — Through the Monument from West to East Entrances — WEST ENTRANCE — REDLANDS VIEW — NEW EARTHFILL — BALANCED ROCK — HISTORIC TRAILS VIEW — FRUITA CANYON VIEW — CAMPGROUND AND PICNIC AREA — WINDOW ROCK — VISITOR CENTER—MONUMENT HEADQUARTERS — GAP IN ROCK RECORD — PIPE ORGAN — DEPENDENCE VIEW — GRAND VIEW — MONUMENT CANYON VIEW — COKE OVENS OVERLOOK — ARTISTS POINT — HIGHLAND VIEW — DIVIDE — LIBERTY CAP TRAILHEAD — GLADE PARK ROAD — FLOOD — UPPER UTE CANYON VIEW — FALLEN ROCK OVERLOOK — UTE CANYON TRAILHEAD — UTE CANYON — LOWER UTE CANYON VIEW — RED CANYON OVERLOOK — DS ROAD — COLD SHIVERS POINT — HEAD OF SERPENTS TRAIL — FOOT OF SERPENTS TRAIL — DEVILS KITCHEN — EAST ENTRANCE — From the East Entrance to Grand Junction — SOUTH CAMP ROAD SHORTCUT — GAP IN ROCK RECORD — FLOOD DAMAGE — SOUTH BROADWAY — Through Glade Park from the Northwest Arm of Ute Canyon to Columbus Canyon — GLADE PARK ROAD — GLADE PARK — GLADE PARK FAULT — LITTLE PARK ROAD — From Glade Park to Grand Junction Via the Little Park Road — GLADE PARK FAULT — LADDER AND ROUGH CANYONS
16. 16.Résumé of Geologic History and Relation to Other National Parks and Monuments in the Colorado Plateau
17. 17.Acknowledgments
18. 18.References
19. 19.Additional Reading
20. 20.Footnotes
21. 21.Index
22. 22.Transcriber’s Notes
23. 23.Transcriber’s Note on Linking between eBooks

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