Down-To-Earth Series
When purchasing a house or property, a largely
ignored aspect is the ground that the house sits
on and the environment surrounding the property.
Before choosing an area in which to buy a home,...
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Upper Sabino Canyon Road, also known as the
1 Sabino Canyon Shuttle Route, and the
Catalina Highway to Mount Lemmon offer a
variety of spectacular geologic features.
Because of the relatively...
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This is a non-technical treatment of the geology and ecology of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson, Arizona. Natural landscapes have distinctive personalities. Each is the product of the interplay...
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Northeastern Arizona has long been famous
for its rich endowment of scenic beauty and
natural wonders, such as the Grand Canyon,
Monument Valley, and Meteor Crater.
How did such features form?...
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Saguaro National Park (Figures A and B) offers a variety of spectacular geologic features. Because of the relatively
sparse vegetation in the lower elevations of the park, most of these features are...
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Chiricahua National Monument is
best known for spectacular rock
pinnacles or columns. These features
were shaped, in large part, by
freezing, thawing, and running
water during the last Ice Age,...
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Land subsidence and earth fissuring
have occurred in large portions of south
ern Arizona, where they have caused a
variety of structural damage and landmanagement
problems. As Arizona’s...
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INTRODUCTION. The Sedona-Oak Creek Canyon area offers some
of the most unique and spectacular geologic
features in northern Arizona. Because of the relatively
sparse vegetation most of these...
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The Flagstaff area, on the southern
margin of the Colorado Plateau,
offers an exceptional variety of geologic
wonders. The landscape of this plateau
is composed of remarkable geologic features:...
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The White Mountains and
Springerville Volcanic Field of eastcentral
Arizona contain a variety of
spectacular geologic features (Figure A).
Because of the relatively sparse vegetation
over much...
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The geologic setting in Wupatki National Monument is distinctly different
from that in Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, even though the
monuments are side by side (Figure 1). At Wupatki,...
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This report is a nontechnical swnmary of the energy resources of Arizona intended to
accompany the Energy Resources Map of Arizona. Arizona is endowed with a variety of energy
resources and...
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Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in SW Arizona and the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve in NW Sonora protect two magnificent yet geologically distinct parts of the Sonoran Desert. Rocks of the Organ...
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Visitors to Petrified Forest National Park may view the 21 significant
geologic features that are described in this field guide (Figure 1). Many of
the features and processes discussed in the Guide...
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What did the San Pedro River valley look like
11,000 years ago? It wasn't the same then as it is
today. One difference is that the river had not
eroded quite so deeply into its valley as it...
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The purpose of this report is to outline the origin and migration of radon,
how it accumulates indoors, its health consequences, and its geology and
significance in Arizona. This report should...
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Each time an earthquake occurs in Arizona, the news media and public asks,
“Does Arizona have earthquakes?”. Short answer: yes! In comparison with
California, Nevada, and Utah, major earthquakes in...
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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)....
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