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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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A
Acknowledgments, 130
Agate, 53
Airport, Walker Field, 85
Albuquerque, N. Mex., 16
Algae, 27, 47
Allosaurus, 4, 50, 52, 60
Anasazi people, 129
Animals, buffalo, 3, 91, 94, 105
cattle, 101
deer, 2
elk, 2, 109
sheep, 99
Anthropoid primates, 76
Anticlines, 61, 62
Apatosaurus, 50, 52
excelcus, 96
Archaeological survey, 1963, 8
Archean Eon, 24, 125
Arches, 61
Arches National Park, XI, 36, 129
Area, Colorado National Monument, 5
Artesian wells, 14
Artifacts, Indian, 5, 8
Artificial fill, view, 98
Artists Point, 45, 105
view, 46
B
Balanced Rock, 99
Basalt, 71
Basins, 61, 62, 63
Battlement Mesa, lava flows, 21, 63, 64, 71
views, 30, 33
Beard, Irving, 12
Bentonite, 49
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, 38, 128
Black Ridge, 53, 55
Black Ridge Trail, 99
Book Cliffs, 18, 56, 73
coal, 60
views, 30, 33, 57, 100
Book Cliffs View, 102, 104
Brachiosaurus, 50
altithorax, 91
monument, Riggs Hill, 90
Broadway, 86, 89, 92-95
Brown-Stanton river expedition, 11
Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation, 47, 90, 96
bentonite, 49
views, 48, 95
Bryce Canyon National Park, 63, 130
Buffalo, 3, 91, 94, 105
Burro Canyon Formation, 53, 55, 90, 96, 118
unconformity, 118
views, 48, 54
water, 15
C
Cactus Park, 78
Calcite, 21, 35
Callison, George, 50
Camarasaurus, 50
Campground, Saddlehorn, 5, 32, 86, 101
view, 101
Camptosaurus, view, 52
Canyon country, 1
Canyon cutting, 78
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, 129
Canyon Lands, 16
Canyon Rim Trail, 102, 104
views, 103, 104
Canyonlands National Park, XI, 128
Capitol Reef National Park, 36, 38, 129
Carmel Formation, 39
Cattle, 101
Caves, Wingate Sandstone, 13, 32
Cedar Breaks National Monument, 130
Cedar City, Utah, 16
Cedar Mesa Sandstone Member, 128, 129
Cedaredge, coal, 60
Cenozoic Era, 61
Ceratosaurus, 53
Chert, 38
136
Chinle Formation, 26, 28, 79, 96, 129
faulting, 97
views, 92, 93
road cut, 99, 116
views, 19, 82, 89, 100
Clams, 53, 55
Clark’s Wash, cave, 13
Cliff faces, erosion, 79
Coal, 49, 55, 56, 57, 60, 89
dinosaur tracks, 60
Coke Ovens, 29, 30, 40, 53, 105
view, 31
Coke Ovens Overlook, 42, 105
Cold Shivers Point, 29, 111
view, 112
Colorado Highway 141, 83
Colorado Highway 340, 86, 88, 89, 94, 97, 122
Colorado mineral belt, 13
Colorado Plateau, 32, 63, 128
Colorado Plateau Province, 16
Colorado River, 11, 55, 78, 120
ancestral, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
future course, 83
name change, 16
Columbus Canyon, 111, 112, 119
Como Bluff, Laramie, Wyo., 53
Cottonwood trees, view, 114
Crawford, George A., 10
Cretaceous Period, 53, 55, 60, 63
Curbstones, ripple-marked, 96
Curtis Formation, 39
Cutler Formation, 128, 129
D
Dakota Sandstone, 15, 18, 53, 55, 89
unconformity, 118
view, 54
De Chelly Sandstone Member, 129
DeBeque, 57, 63, 64
DeBeque Canyon, 57
Deer, mule, 2
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, 85
Desert, 29
Desert varnish, 8, 32
view, 69
Devils Canyon, 13
Devils Kitchen, 116, 117
Devils Kitchen Picnic Area, 86, 111, 116
Dewey Bridge Member, 38, 39
Dikes, 24
Dinosaur tracks, coal, 60
Dinosaur National Monument, 36, 128
Diplodocus, 50
Dirty Devil River, 12
Distant View, 101
Divide Road, view, 82
Dolores River, 73, 120
ancestral, 72
Domes, drawing, 62
Dominguez, Father, 10
Dominguez Creek, 83
Donnell, John R., oil shale, 64
DS Road, 111, 120
E
Earthfill, 97, 98
East Creek, capture, 75, 78
Burro Canyon Formation, 55
East Entrance, 85, 116
Elk, 2, 109
Elks Lodge, 2
Entrada Sandstone, 39, 43, 45, 101, 119
Dewey Bridge Member, 38, 39
Moab Member, 39, 40, 42, 96, 111
views, 41, 42
ripplemarks, 96
road cuts, 105, 108
Slick Rock Member, 38, 39, 40, 42, 45
views, 31, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44
unconformity, view, 37
views, 31, 34, 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 82, 92, 106, 114
water, 15, 44, 91, 116, 118, 120
Eocene Epoch, 61, 63, 71
Erickson, Lance, 50
Erosion, 26, 79
Escalante, Father, 10
Expedition, Powell, 11
Explorers, 10
F
Fallen Rock, view, 81
Fallen Rock Overlook, 81, 109
Faults, 18, 64, 65
Glade Park, 69, 120, 121
views, 122, 123
Kodels Canyon, 65, 69, 97
views, 67, 68, 69
Redlands, 64, 65, 89, 92, 94
views, 66, 90, 93, 107, 124
Field Columbian Museum, 50
Field Museum of Natural History, 50
Fieldwork, XI
Flagstaff, Ariz., 16
Flash floods, 97, 98, 108, 118
Folds, 64
drawings, 62
Grand Hogback monocline, 64
Ladder Creek monocline, 111
view, 66
137
Lizard Canyon monocline, 65, 69, 93, 95, 97
views, 67, 70, 94
San Rafael Swell, 36, 45, 128, 129
Uncompahgre arch, 72, 73, 77, 78
drawing, 75
Formations, rock. See Rock formations.
Fossils, algae, 27, 47
Allosaurus, 4, 50, 52, 60
Apatosaurus, 50, 52
excelcus, 96
Brachiosaurus, 50, 90
altithorax, 91
Burro Canyon Formation, 54
Callison, George, 50
Camarasaurus, 50
Camptosaurus, 52
Carmel Formation, 39
Ceratosaurus, 53
Chinle Formation, 28
clams, 53, 55
Como Bluff, 53
Curtis Formation, 39
dinosaurs, 32, 60
Diplodocus, 50
Erickson, Lance, 50
Kayenta Formation, 35
Morosaurus, 50
Morrison Formation, 47, 53
oysters, 55
Redlands, The, 50, 53
reptiles, sea-going, 56
Riggs Hill, 50
Salt Wash Member, 50
sharks, 56
snails, 53
Stegosaurus, 50, 52
Tertiary mammals, 76
tracks, 60
Tyrannosaurus, 60
Wingate Sandstone, 32
wood, 28
worms, 27
Fremont culture, 9
Fremont Junction, Utah, 129
Fruita, 11, 85
Interstate 70, 86
Fruita Canyon, 5, 49, 95, 97
Chinle Formation, 28
dikes, 24
Kodels Canyon fault, view, 68
views, 67, 100
Fruita Canyon View, 101
Fruita Paleontological area, 51, 96
Fruita Paleontological Workshop, 51
Future, 83
G
Gap in the Rock Record. See Unconformities.
Garfield, James A., 1
Gateway, 27, 72
Geologic history, 125
Geologic time spiral, 126
Glaciers, 77, 80
Glade Park, ranchers, 1, 107
Entrada Sandstone, 43, 45
Slick Rock Member, 45
Glade Park fault, 69, 120, 121
view, 122, 123
Glade Park General Store and Post Office, 13, 108
Glen Canyon Dam, 77
Glen Canyon Group, 129
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, 128, 129
Glenwood Canyon, 76
Glenwood Springs, 27
Gneiss, 24
Goblin Valley State Park, 129
Grabens, The, 128
Grand Canyon National Park, 128
Grand County, Utah, 17
Grand Hogback monocline, 64
Grand Junction, founded, 10
Otto’s monument, 4
Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce, 1
Grand Mesa, 17, 21, 33, 63, 64, 71, 73
lakes, 77
views, 33, 67, 107, 113, 122
water, 15
Grand River, 10, 11, 16
Grand Valley, 17, 56, 63, 76, 78, 85
views, 30, 57, 100, 101
Grand View, 105
view, 19
Granite, 24
Great Sand Dunes National Monument, 29
Green River, Utah, 11, 12, 16, 129
Green River Formation, 63, 64
view, 103
Gunnison, John W., 10
Gunnison River, 10, 17, 78, 83, 88, 122
ancestral, 72, 73
drawing, 75
Gunsight, view, 33
Gypsum, 45
H
Hanksville, Utah, 129
Hayden Survey, 10
138
Hematite, 21
Henry Mountains, 38
Highland View, 107
Highways. See Roads.
Historic Trails View, 99
History, 1
Holocene Epoch, 76, 84
Holt, Edwin L., 50
Hoover Dam, 77
I
Ice age, 77
Independence Monument, XII, 1, 29, 105
base, 28
views, 19, 94, 104, 107
Independence View, 29, 105
Inland basins, 63
Island in the Sky, 128
J
Jacobs Ladder Road, 121
Joints, 26
Juniper, 101, 109
views, 30, 68
Jurassic Period, 35, 39
K
Kaolinite, 55
Kayenta Formation, 29, 32, 35, 97, 120, 128, 129
road cuts, 105
unconformity, view, 37
views, 19, 34, 36, 41, 68, 100, 103, 106, 117
Kissing Couple, 30, 38
Kodels Canyon, 12, 69
Kodels Canyon fault, 65, 69, 97
views, 67, 68, 69
L
Ladder Canyon, 121, 122
Ladder Creek monocline, 111
views, 66, 124
Lake Mead, 77
Lake Powell, 36, 77
Lake Uinta, 63
Landslides, 77, 104
Mesaverde Group, view, 57
Lava flows, 18, 21, 71
Leaching, 42, 44
Liberty Cap, 108
view, 90
Liberty Cap Trail, 90, 108
Little Park Road, 42, 120, 121
bentonite, 49
faulting, view, 66
Lizard Canyon, 95, 97
view, 67
Lizard Canyon monocline, 65, 69, 95, 97, 102
views, 67, 93, 94
Look, Al, fossils, 50
prehistoric people, 5
quoted, 3
Lower Ute Canyon View, 109
M
Mack, Colo., 15, 17
Mancos Shale, 18, 56, 72
view, 57
Maps, 87
geologic, 22
photo index, 58
road guide, 5, 6
Marble Canyon, 12
Meeker, Colo., 64
Meeker Massacre, 10
Mesas, 1
Mesaverde Group, 56, 57, 129
landslide, view, 57
Mesaverde National Park, 129
Mesozoic Era, 27
Metamorphic rocks, 18
See also Proterozoic rocks.
Mica mine, 122
Miller, Laura Hazel, cave dweller, 13
Minerals, agate, 53
bentonite, 49
calcite, 21, 35
chert, 38
clays, 8, 49, 55, 69
coal, 55, 56, 57, 89
desert varnish, 8, 32, 69
gypsum, 45
hematite, 21
kaolinite, 55
mica, 122
silica, 35
uranium ore, 28, 49
vanadium ore, 49
Mining, building stones, 105
Cameo, 57
coal, 57
Devils Canyon, 13
Kodels Canyon, 12
Ladder Canyon, 122
mica, 122
oil shale, 63, 64
Palisade, 57
139
Miocene Epoch, 61, 71, 72
Moab, Utah, 28, 120
Moab Member, Entrada Sandstone, 39, 40, 42, 96, 111
views, 41, 42
Moenkopi Formation, 129
Monoclines. See Folds.
Monument, Apatosaurus excelcus, 96
Brachiosaurus, 90
Otto’s, 3
Monument Canyon, 1, 2, 3, 29, 94, 105
views, 94, 102, 104
Monument Canyon Trail, 94, 105
Monument Canyon View, 105
Monument Headquarters, 102
Monument Road, 53, 88, 118
Monument Valley, 128
Mormon Tea, 111
view, 33
Morosaurus, 50
Morrison Formation, 47, 90, 94, 96, 128
badlands, 49, 118
bentonite, 49
Brushy Basin Member, 47, 49, 90, 96
views, 48, 95
Glade Park, 119
gypsum, 45
landslide, 104
road cuts, 107
Salt Wash Member, 15, 47, 49, 90, 94, 107
views, 41, 48, 92, 95
views, 48, 92, 95
water, 15, 118
Mount Garfield, Book Cliffs, views, 33, 57
Mule deer, 2
Museum, Historical Museum and Institute of Western Colorado, 4
Visitor Center, 5, 102
N
Natural Bridges National Monument, 129
Navajo Sandstone, 36, 38, 129
Needles, The, 128
No Thoroughfare Canyon, 1, 5, 49, 53, 118, 121
dikes, 24
flood, 118
Glade Park fault, 69
petroglyphs, 9
tunnel, view, 115
views, 9, 48, 54, 66, 117, 122, 123
North East Creek, 78
O
Odd Fellows, 3
Oil shale, 63
Oligocene Epoch, 61
Orchard Mesa, water, 14
Otto, John, 1, 2
monument, view, XII, 4
Otto’s Trail, 97, 104, 114
view, 107
Oysters, 55
P
Pabor, William E., 11
Paleocene Epoch, 61, 63
Paleozoic Era, 26
Palisade, 17, 57, 73
water, 15
Peach orchards, 88
Pegmatite, 24
Pennsylvanian Period, 26
Permian Period, 26
Petrified Forest National Park, 129
Petroglyphs, 8
view, 9
Photographs, XII
Photography directions, 86
Piceance Creek Basin, 64
Picnic areas, Devils Kitchen, 5, 86, 111, 116
Headquarters area, 86
view, 102
Piñon Mesa, 61, 84, 101, 107, 120
elk, 2, 109
Piñon pine, 101, 109
view, 30, 68
Plants, coalified wood, 49
cottonwood trees, view, 114
juniper, 101, 109
views, 30, 68
Mormon Tea, 111
view, 33
piñon pine, 101, 109
views, 30, 68
Pipe Organ, 30, 104
view, 104
Pipe Organ Overlook, 104
Piracy, 73
drawing, 74
Plateau Creek, 15, 63
Pleistocene Epoch, 73, 76, 77, 78
Pliocene Epoch, 61, 72, 73
Powell, John W., expedition, 11
Powerplant, 88
Precambrian rocks. See Proterozoic rocks.
Preface, XI
Prehistoric people, 5
140
Proterozoic Eon, 24, 26, 125
Proterozoic rocks, 24, 72, 89, 96, 99
faulting, views, 89, 92
views, 19, 66, 83, 100, 112
Q
Quaternary Period, 61, 78
R
Railroads, 10, 11, 85
Rainbow Bridge National Monument, 36, 129
Red Canyon, 3, 80, 111
view, 33
Red Canyon Overlook, 96, 111
Redlands, The, 89, 97, 118, 119, 122
canals, 88
Chinle Formation, 28
fossils, 50, 53
Morrison Formation, 49
peach orchards, 88
view, 30
water, 14, 88, 94
Redlands canals, 88, 94
Redlands fault, 64, 65, 89, 92
views, 66, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 107, 124
Redlands Road, 3
Redlands View, 97
References, 131
Rifle, Colo., 16, 17, 63, 64
Riggs Hill, 50, 90
Rim Rock Drive, 4, 32, 86, 97-116, 119
Artists Point, 105
campground, 101
Chinle Formation, 28
earthfill, view, 98
Entrada Sandstone, 40, 42, 105, 108
faulting, view, 67
Fruita Canyon, view, 100
gap in rock record, 38
Kayenta Formation, 32, 105, 109
Kodels Canyon fault, view, 68
Liberty Cap Trail, 108
Moab Member, 42
Morrison Formation, 49
Slick Rock Member, 40, 42
Summerville Formation, 105, 108
Ute Canyon, 108
views, 34, 36, 43, 67, 68, 98, 100
Visitor Center, 102
Wingate Sandstone, 104, 111
Ripplemarks, 47, 96
Rivers, 11, 16, 72
Road cuts, Artists Point, 45
Brushy Basin Member, 96
Burro Canyon Formation, 53
Chinle Formation, 28, 99, 116
Entrada Sandstone, 42, 105, 108
Fruita Canyon, 28
Kayenta Formation, 36, 101, 105, 109
Moab Member, 42
Morrison Formation, 49, 96, 107
No Thoroughfare Canyon, 28
Proterozoic rocks, 99, 116
Salt Wash Member, 107
South Broadway, monument, view, 91
Summerville Formation, 45, 105, 107, 108
Ute Canyon, 36, 45
Wingate Sandstone, 97, 99, 111, 116
Road guides. See Trip guides.
Road stops, Artists Point, 105
Coke Ovens Overlook, 105
Devils Kitchen, 116
Distant View, 101
Fallen Rock Overlook, 109
view, 81
Fruita Canyon View, 101
Grand View, 105
Highland View, 107
Historic Trails View, 99
Independence View, 105
Lower Ute Canyon View, 109
Monument Canyon View, 105
Pipe Organ Overlook, 104
Red Canyon Overlook, 96, 111
Redlands fault, 92
Redlands View, 97
Upper Ute Canyon View, 109
Roads, Broadway, 86, 89, 92-95
Colorado Highway 141, view, 82
Colorado Highway 340, 86, 88, 89, 94, 97, 122
Divide Road, view, 82
DS Road, 111, 120
Fruita, 4
Jacobs Ladder Road, 121
Little Park Road, 42, 49, 66, 120, 121, 122
Monument Road, 53, 88, 118
Rim Rock Drive, 4, 28, 32, 34, 38, 40, 42, 43, 47, 49, 67, 68, 86, 97-116, 119
South Broadway, 86, 89-92, 118
South Camp Road, 86, 89, 90, 108, 118
U.S. Highway 6, 85, 88
U.S. Highway 24, 85
U.S. Highway 50, 85, 88, 122
U.S. Interstate 70, 63, 85, 96
Utah Highway 128, 120
Wingate Drive, 92
Roan Cliffs, 64, 71
views, 19, 100, 103
Rock column, 20
141
Rock formations, Balanced Rock, 99
Coke Ovens, 29, 30, 40, 105
view, 31
Cold Shivers Point, 29, 111
view, 112
Devils Kitchen, 116
view, 117
Fallen Rock, view, 81
Grabens, The, 128
Gunsight, The, 33
Independence Monument, 1, 29, 105
views, 19, 94, 107
Kissing Couple, 30, 38
Liberty Cap, 108
view, 90
Needles, The, 128
petroglyphs, 116
Pipe Organ, 30
view, 104
Saddlehorn, 40, 101
views, 101, 102, 106
Sentinal Spire, 30
Squaw Fingers, 30
White Rock, view, 92
Window Rock, 102
view, 103
Rock leaching, 42, 44
Rocks, breakup, 26
types, 18
Rosevale, 122
Roubidoux, Joseph, settler, 10
Rough Canyon, 121
Ruby Canyon, 83
S
Saddlehorn, 40, 101
campground, 86, 101
picnic area, 86, 101
views, 101, 102, 106
Sagebrush, 120
Sahara, 29
Salt Wash Member, Morrison Formation, 47, 90, 94, 107
uranium, 49
views, 41, 48, 92, 95
water, 15
San Miguel River, ancestral, 72
San Rafael Swell, 36, 45, 128, 129
Sand dunes, 29, 36
Schist, 24
Seagoing reptiles, 56
Sentinal Spire, 30
Serpents Trail, 1, 2, 111
views, 30, 49, 66, 113, 114
Sharks, 56
Sheep, 99
Silica, 35
Size, Colorado National Monument, 5
Slick Rim, 42
Slick Rock, Colo., 40
Slick Rock Member, 38, 39, 40, 42, 45
views, 31, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44
Snail shell, 53
South Broadway, 86, 89-92, 118
South Camp Road, 86, 89, 90, 108, 118
Squaw Fingers, 30
Stegosaurus, 50
view, 52
Stream cutting, 79
Summerville Formation, 39, 45, 47
road cuts, 105, 108
views, 41, 42, 46
Sunset Crater National Monument, 130
Synclines, 61
T
Taft, William Howard, 1
Tertiary Period, 61, 71, 76
Thunderstorms, damage, 97, 108, 118
Tools, prehistoric people, 8
Trails, 1
Black Ridge, 99
builder, 1
Canyon Rim, 102, 104
views, 103, 104
Coke Ovens, 105
Grand View, 105
Liberty Cap, 90, 108
Lizard Canyon, 97
Lower Ute Canyon View, 109
Monument Canyon, 94, 105
No Thoroughfare Canyon, 1
Otto’s, 97, 104, 114
Serpents, 1, 2, 111
views, 30, 49, 66, 113, 114
Ute Canyon, 108, 109
Window Rock Nature Trail, 102, 104
Triassic Period, 27, 28, 29, 35
Trip guides, East Entrance to Grand Junction, 118
Fruita to West Entrance, 96
Glade Park, 119
Grand Junction to West Entrance, 88
Little Park Road, 121
West to East Entrances, 97
Tyrannosaurus, 60
142
U
Uinta Lake, 63
Unaweep Canyon, 72, 73, 78, 80
ancestral, 76
piracy, drawing, 75
view, 82
Uncompahgre arch, 61, 72, 73, 77, 78
drawing, 75
Uncompahgre Complex, 8
Uncompahgre Highland, 26
Uncompahgre Plateau, 26, 28, 49, 77, 107
Unconformities, 26, 35, 54, 104
views, 37, 41, 54
U.S. Highway 6, 85, 88
U.S. Highway 24, 85
U.S. Highway 50, 85, 88, 122
U.S. Interstate 70, 63, 85, 96
Utah Highway 128, 120
Ute Canyon, 2, 3, 40, 45, 80, 119
Fallen Rock, view, 81
Liberty Cap, 108
Summerville Formation, 45
view, 110
Ute Canyon Trail, 108, 109
Ute Canyon View, Lower, 109
Ute Canyon View, Upper, 109
Ute Indians, 5, 10
V
Visitor Center, 5, 32, 40, 86, 102
view, 106
Volcanics, 18, 71
W
Walker Field, 85
Wasatch Formation, 63, 64, 129
Water, 14, 15, 79, 91
Entrada Sandstone, 15, 91, 116, 118
leaching action, 42, 44
Morrison Formation, 15, 118
Redlands, The, 14, 88, 94
Wingate Sandstone, 15, 91, 95
West Creek, ancestral, 76
West Entrance, 85, 89, 95
White Rock, view, 92
Whitewater, 83
Window Rock, 102
view, 103
Window Rock Nature Trail, 102, 104
Wingate Drive, 92
view, 93
Wingate Sandstone, 29, 79, 89, 96, 128, 129
cave, 14
desert varnish, 32
faulting, 97
views, 66, 68, 69, 89, 90, 92, 93, 107
folds, view, 66, 102
petroglyphs, view, 9
Rim Rock Drive, 99, 104, 116
road cuts, 99, 116
sand dunes, view, 30
views, 14, 19, 30, 31, 34, 66, 69, 82, 100, 106, 114, 115, 117, 122
water, 15, 91, 95
Worms, 27
Wupatki National Monument, 129
Z
Zion National Park, 36, 38, 129
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