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9781888035070

Geologic Tours in the Las Vegas Area

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  • ISBN13:

    9781888035070

  • ISBN10:

    1888035072

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-03-01
  • Publisher: Nevada Bur of Mines & Geology
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Summary

Announcing an expanded and reformatted edition of a bestselling travel guide.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 3(1)
Introduction 4(1)
Physical Geography 5(1)
Cultural History 6(1)
Geology 7(1)
Minerals and Rocks 7(1)
Geologic Structures 8(1)
Plate Tectonics 8(1)
Geologic History 9(2)
Mineral Deposits 11(7)
Blue Diamond and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
18(16)
The Keystone Thrust System
20(1)
Is it Sandstone Bluffs or Wilson Cliffs?
21(2)
Blue Diamond Gypsum Mine
23(1)
Trees, Brush, and Other Things that Cover the Rocks
24(1)
Springs
25(2)
Aztec Sandstone, the Rock behind Red Rock Canyon
27(7)
The Spring Mountains
34(20)
Life Zones in the Spring Mountains
37(4)
Mount Charleston-A Populated Place
41(4)
Las Vegas Valley Shear Zone
45(9)
Frenchman Mountain and Valley of Fire
54(34)
The Great Unconformity
56(2)
The Journey of Frenchman Mountain
58(2)
PABCO Gypsum
60(7)
Callville and Commerce on the Colorado
67(2)
Borate Deposits in the Muddy Mountains
69(4)
Oil in the Muddy Mountains
73(3)
Caliche
76(2)
Gold Butte
78(1)
Mesquite
78(1)
Salt Deposits in the Virgin Valley
79(1)
Overton Side Trip
80(1)
Silica and Magnesite Deposits at Overton
81(1)
Lost City Museum
81(1)
Valley of Fire
82(1)
Comments on Petrified Wood
83(1)
Differential Weathering and Swiss Cheese
84(1)
Rock Varnish
85(3)
Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, and Nelson
88(34)
Henderson
88(3)
The Three Kids Manganese Mine
91(1)
Volcanoes in the River Mountains
92(1)
Desert Tortoise
93(1)
Las Vegas Wash and Lake Las Vegas
94(7)
Hoover Dam
101(2)
Boulder City
103(2)
Side Trip to Nelson and Eldorado Canyon
105(3)
Detachment Faults in the Eldorado Mountains
108(1)
Eldorado Mining District
109(2)
Hoodoos, Precarious Rocks, and Seismic Risk
111(2)
Continuation of Trip 4 to henderson
113(9)
Water, Subsidence, and Wetlands in Las Vegas Valley
122(10)
Natural Springs, the Water Source
123(1)
Corn Creek Springs
123(1)
Tule Springs
124(1)
Kyle (Kiel) Ranch and Historical Site
125(1)
Las Vegas Springs
125(1)
Subsidence-Cause and Effect
126(2)
U.S. Post Office Benchmark
128(1)
Finding Faults
128(1)
Valley View Blvd. at Charleston Blvd.
129(1)
Ann Road at Decatur Blvd.
129(1)
Cheyenne Avenue at Revere Street
129(1)
Sunset Road West of Arroyo Grande Blvd.
130(1)
Downstream
130(1)
The City of Henderson Water Reclamation Facility and Bird Viewing Preserve
130(1)
Clark County Wetlands Park
131(1)
Postscript
131(1)
Bibliography 132(2)
Glossary 134(4)
Index 138

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