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Geologic Excursions in Southwestern North America

Edited by Philip A. Pearthree
Geologic Excursions
Field Guide 55
Geologic Excursions
Geologic Excursions This volume, prepared as part of the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
in Phoenix, includes fi eld guides covering aspects of the spectacular geology of
IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
southwestern North America. Field guides tackle the geology of the southern
Colorado Plateau, from paleoenvironments of Petrifi ed Forest National Park,
to Jurassic sand dunes of southern Utah, to the San Francisco Volcanic Field, to
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awesome Grand Canyon. Appropriately for the 50th anniversary of the fi rst lunar
landing, one trip visits sites in northern Arizona that helped prepare astronauts
for their missions. Several guides address aspects of the Proterozoic to
Cenozoic tectonic development of the Transition Zone between the
Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range. Exploring the Basin
In Press development, features associated with large-magnitude Ceno-
and Range, guides feature Laramide tectonism and ore deposit
zoic extensional tectonism, large Miocene volcanic centers in
northwestern Arizona, and tectonism and development of the lower
Colorado River. Three fi eld guides explore various aspects of northwest-
ern Mexico, including tectonics and ore deposits of Sonora, fauna and
paleo environments of Colorado River delta deposits, and volcanism in
central Baja California. Finally, a guide analyzes anthropogenic earth
fi ssures that have developed in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
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