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Author : United States. National Park Service Publisher : Unknown Page : 62 pages File Size : 44,9 Mb Release : 1974 Category : Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (Ariz.). ISBN : WISC:89043815174
Author : United States. National Park Service Publisher : Unknown Page : 128 pages File Size : 51,6 Mb Release : 2018 Category : Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (Ariz.) ISBN : OCLC:1026493937
Author : Bill Broyles,George H. H. Huey Publisher : Western National Parks Assoc Page : 64 pages File Size : 42,7 Mb Release : 1996 Category : Nature ISBN : 187785669X
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument by Bill Broyles,George H. H. Huey Pdf
Fascinating natural history, crystal stars, and stunning mountains all meet at this culturally and naturally diverse Arizona park. Sporadic rain-fall and extreme temperatures shape the unusual lifeforms of the Sonoran Desert. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument preserves a portion of this desert ecosystem in a rugged wilderness of volcanic mountains and canyons, cactus-clad bajadas, mesquite-lined arroyos, and vast creosote plains.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Publisher : Unknown Page : 4 pages File Size : 47,7 Mb Release : 2003 Category : Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (Ariz.) ISBN : PURD:32754077082075
A Guide to the Geology of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve by John V. Bezy,James T. Gutmann,Gordon Haxel Pdf
Southern Arizona and northern Sonora provide one of the most beautiful and dangerous landscape in the desert southwest. As described in this colorful and well-illustrated text, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is full of splendid geologic features. Along Ajo Mountain Drive volcanic rocks rise high above alluvial fans that display excellent examples of desert pavement and desert varnish. Join Bezy, Gutmann and Haxel as they explore the volcanic terrain of the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve. As one of the youngest volcanic fields in western North America, the Pinacate¿s are home to hundreds of cinder cones, the Sierra Pinacate shield volcano, maar craters and tuff rings. The presence of black basalt lava flows evokes an otherworldly moonscape. The enumerated index map will assist the first time visitor in tracking down the most representative vent types.