Geologic Map and Report for the Buckeye 7.5' Quadrangle, Maricopa County, Arizona, v. 1.0

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Author
Skotnicki, S.J.
Issue Date
2002
Keywords
Arizona Geological Survey Digital Geologic Maps
Gila River
Maricopa Mountains
White Tank Mountains
Maricopa County
Buckeye
Arizona
alluvial deposits
topographic
Early Proterozoic

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Citation
Skotnicki, S.J., 2002, Geologic Map and Report for the Buckeye 7.5' Quadrangle, Maricopa County, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Digital Geologic Map DGM-15, version 1.0, map scale 1:24,000, 16 p., 1 map sheet and metadata.
Publisher
Arizona Geological Survey (Tucson, AZ)
Description
The Buckeye Hills are located approximately 30-40 km west-southwest of Phoenix, Arizona, directly south of the Town of Buckeye (see figure 1). Regionally, the Buckeye hills are sandwiched between two broad alluvial bajadas. To the north, a vast alluvial plain slopes southward toward the hills from the White Tank Mountains, while to the south, another broad bajada slopes northward from the Maricopa Mountains, also toward the hills. The Gila River skirts the northern edge of the bedrock as it flows west across the northern part of the quadrangle. Although some of the taller hills project over 600 feet above the surrounding plain, topographic relief in the map area is typically very low. Much of the bedrock has been eroded into low-relief pediments. From a distance these pediments deceptively resemble extensive alluvial plains. Several episodes of erosion, sedimentation, and entrenchment have resulted in a myriad of dissected alluvial deposits across the pediments.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10150/630875
Additional Links
https://library.azgs.arizona.edu/item/ADGM-1552430133849-182
Language
en
Series/Report no.
DGM-15
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Arizona Geological Survey. All rights reserved.
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North Bounding Coordinate
33.375
South Bounding Coordinate
33.25
West Bounding Coordinate
-112.625
East Bounding Coordinate
-112.5
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