A Guide to the Geology of Catalina State Park and the Western Santa Catalina Mountains

Bezy, J.V.

Name:

dte-12_e-book_june2011.pdf

Size:

7.644Mb

Format:

PDF

Download

Citation

Bezy, J.V., 2002, A Guide to the Geology of Catalina State Park and the Western Santa Catalina Mountains. Arizona Geological Survey Down-to-Earth Series DTE-12, 57 p.

Description

The northwestern margin of the Santa Catalina Mountains, located within Catalina State Park and the adjacent Coronado National Forest, contains a variety of spectacular geologic features (Map A). Because of the relatively sparse desert vegetation, all of them are easy to recognize and photograph. Some of these features occur throughout much of the western United States. Others are unique to landscapes produced by the weathering and erosion of granite. This booklet is your field guide to the geology of this splendid desert landscape. It is a hiker’s guide; excursions on foot to the geologic features described in the text are encouraged. This book is written for the visitor who has an interest in geology, but may not have had formal training in the subject. It may also help ensure that the visiting geologist does not overlook some of the features described. To set the stage, I have briefly described the area’s geologic setting and geologic history. In the following pages, emphasis is given to descriptions of geologic features that are common in this landscape. Precise locations are provided for those features that have more limited distribution. Includes more than 30 images and illustrations and six maps.

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10150/629224

Additional Links

https://library.azgs.arizona.edu/

Language

Series/Report no.

DTE-12

Rights

Collection Information

Documents in the AZGS Document Repository collection are made available by the Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) and the University Libraries at the University of Arizona. For more information about items in this collection, please contact azgs-info@email.arizona.edu.

North Bounding Coordinate

32.5839

South Bounding Coordinate

32.3429

West Bounding Coordinate

-111.064

East Bounding Coordinate

-110.745

Collections

AZGS Document Repository