The Geologic Story of Palo Duro Canyon

About this eBook

Author

Matthews, William Henry, 1919-

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

Palo Duro State Park (Tex.)

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52179

Release Date

May 28, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Geologic Story of Palo Duro Canyon
2. 2.Contents — Illustrations — The Geologic Story of Palo Duro Canyon
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
5. 5.PARK HISTORY — ANCIENT MAN IN PALO DURO CANYON — INDIANS OF THE PLAINS — ADVENT OF THE WHITE MAN
6. 6.REGIONAL SETTING
7. 7.THE GEOLOGIC STORY — THE CANYON’S ROCKS AND MINERALS — UNRAVELING EARTH HISTORY — THE GEOLOGIC COLUMN AND GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE — GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS EXPOSED IN PALO DURO CANYON — Quartermaster Formation .— — Tecovas Formation .— — Trujillo Formation .— — Ogallala Formation .— — Rocks of the Pleistocene .—
8. 8.HOW THE CANYON WAS CARVED — THE GEOLOGIC WORK OF RUNNING WATER — WEATHERING AND GRAVITY ADD THE FINAL TOUCH — Weathering .— — Mass-wasting.— — Differential erosion.—
9. 9.WHAT TO DO AND SEE AT PALO DURO CANYON STATE PARK — Park Entrance (1).— — Coronado Lodge and Observation Point (2).— — The Scenic Drive (1-16).— — Pioneer Amphitheatre (3).— — Sad Monkey Train Ride (4).— — Triassic Peak (5).— — Spanish Skirts (6).— — Catarina Cave (7).— — Santana’s Face (8).— — The Sky Ride (9).— — The First Water Crossing (10).— — Colonel Charles Goodnight’s Dugout (11).— — The Lighthouse (12).— — Capitol Peak (13).— — Fortress Cliff (14).— — The Rock Garden (15).— — The Devil’s Slide (16).— — The Turnaround (17).— — Hiking. — — Horseback riding. — — Camping and picnicking. — — Photography. —
10. 10.PANHANDLE-PLAINS HISTORICAL MUSEUM
11. 11.SELECTED REFERENCES [2]
12. 12.GLOSSARY
13. 13.Index
14. 14.Footnotes
15. 15.Transcriber’s Notes

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