The Colorado Plateau

Author : Charles Van Riper,Brian F. Wakeling,Thomas D. Sisk
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0816529140

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The Colorado Plateau IV by Charles Van Riper,Brian F. Wakeling,Thomas D. Sisk Pdf

Roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States, the Colorado Plateau covers some 130,000 square miles of sparsely vegetated plateaus, mesas, canyons, arches, and cliffs in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. With elevations ranging from 3,000 to 14,000 feet, the natural systems found within the plateau are dramatically varied, from desert to alpine conditions. This book focuses on the integration of science and resource management issues in this unique and highly varied environment. Broken into three subsections, this volume addresses conservation biology, biophysical resources, and inventory and monitoring concerns. The chapters range in content, addressing conservation issuesÑpast, present, and futureÑon the Colorado Plateau, measurement of human impacts on resources, grazing and wildland-urban interfaces, and tools and methods for monitoring habitats and species. An informative read for people interested in the conservation and natural history of the region, the book will also serve as a valuable reference for those people engaged in the management of cultural and biological resources of the Colorado Plateau, as well as scientists interested in methods and tools for land and resource management throughout the West.

Author : Ronald C. Blakey,Wayne Ranney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Computers
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133322177

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Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau by Ronald C. Blakey,Wayne Ranney Pdf

Imagine seeing the varied landscapes of the earth as they used to look throughout hundreds of millions of years of earth history. Tropical seas lap on the shores of an Arizona beach. Immense sand dunes shift and swirl in Sahara-like deserts in Utah and New Mexico. Ancient rivers spill from a mountain range in Colorado that was a precursor to the modern Rockies. Such flights of geologic fancy are now tangible through the thought-provoking and beautiful paleogeographic maps, reminiscent of the maps in world atlases we all paged through as children, of Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau.Ron Blakey of Northern Arizona University is one of the world's foremost authorities on the geologic history of the Colorado Plateau. For more than fifteen years, he has meticulously created maps that show how numerous past landscapes gave rise to the region's stunning geologic formations. Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau is the first book to showcase Blakey's remarkable work. His maps are accompanied by text by Wayne Ranney, geologist and award-winning author of Carving Grand Canyon. Ranney takes readers on a fascinating tour of the many landscapes depicted in the maps, and Blakey and Ranney's fruitful collaboration brings the past alive like never before.Features: More than 70 state-of-the-art paleogeographic maps of the region and of the world, developed over many years of geologic research Detailed yet accessible text that covers the geology of the plateau in a way nongeologists can appreciate More than 100 full-color photographs, diagrams, and illustrations A detailed guide of where to go to see the spectacular rocks of the region

Author : Laura Foster Huenneke,Charles van Riper,Kelley Ann Hays-Gilpin
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816531592

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The Colorado Plateau VI by Laura Foster Huenneke,Charles van Riper,Kelley Ann Hays-Gilpin Pdf

"With a plethora of updates and insights into land conservation and management questions on the Colorado Plateau, The Colorado Plateau VI shows how new technologies for monitoring, spatial analysis, restoration, and collaboration improve our understanding, management, and conservation of outcomes at the appropriate landscape scale for the Colorado Plateau"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Donald L. Baars
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0826323014

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The Colorado Plateau by Donald L. Baars Pdf

Written with the general reader in mind, this is the updated edition of the classic on the geology of the red rock and canyon country of the Fours Corners region of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Author : Charles Bowden
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019245781

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Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau by Charles Bowden Pdf

Color photos of the Escalante and the Paria river canyons and the adjacent plateau into which these rivers, with the help of rain & wind, have sculpted surreal, brightly colored galleries. The text by Charles Bowden deals with Mormon heroes, the Hole-in-the-Rock migration, and with John D. Lee, infamous for his part in the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Author : Donald L. Baars
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015056223384

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A Traveler's Guide to the Geology of the Colorado Plateau by Donald L. Baars Pdf

Serves as an enrichment to all road trips through the varied landscapes of the Colorado Plateau, explaining the geological forces that have shaped the stunning natural features of the area.

Author : Christa Sadler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : NATURE
ISBN : 0938216813

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Life in Stone by Christa Sadler Pdf

An overview of the Colorado Plateau's fossil remains of organisms that lived millions of years ago, featuring numerous illustrations and photographs.

Author : Bill Haggerty
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781493037162

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Discovering the Colorado Plateau by Bill Haggerty Pdf

The Colorado Plateau is America’s western treasure, home to the country’s highest concentration of national parks, monuments, wilderness areas, and state parks, and a near-endless bounty of wild, stunning landscape. Discovering the Colorado Plateau will explore this region through beautiful maps, full-color photography, and detailed descriptions of the area’s geography, history, and geology, as well as signature activities that encapsulate the best each locale has to offer. By purposefully shifting the focus away from the national parks, this book introduces readers to the various public lands and protected areas that are as exciting and wonderful as any of the major parks. Unlike any other book published recently about the Plateau, this book not only acts as a source of great information and imagery, but as a practical guide and a true celebration of one of America’s most beautiful and endangered lands.

Author : Steven R Simms
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781315434964

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Ancient Peoples of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau by Steven R Simms Pdf

Written to appeal to professional archaeologists, students, and the interested public alike, this book is a long overdue introduction to the ancient peoples of the Great Basin and northern Colorado Plateau. Through detailed syntheses, the reader is drawn into the story of the habitation of the Great Basin from the entry of the first Native Americans through the arrival of Europeans. Ancient Peoples is a major contribution to Great Basin archaeology and anthropology, as well as the general study of foraging societies.

Author : Theresa Howell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781630763541

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Scout Moore, Junior Ranger by Theresa Howell Pdf

In the next book in the award-winning Scout Moore series the ever-adventurous junior ranger ("I am ranger of my own backyard!") travels with her family to Yellowstone National Park, where they visit thermal features, watch wildlife, and gaze in wonder at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Along the way her younger brother Wesley insists they will find a dragon in the park, and he's partially proven right when they come across Dragon Spring. Their guide, Ranger Bob, is ever helpful in helping Scout Moore and her family discover the wonders of our first national park.

Author : Robert Fillmore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Science
ISBN : 1607810042

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Geological Evolution of the Colorado Plateau of Eastern Utah and Western Colorado by Robert Fillmore Pdf

An easy-to-read geology tutorial of the of the eastern Colorado Plateau, this book will answer all of your questions about how this stunning region was formed. Includes detailed road logs.

Author : William R. Dickinson
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-19
Category : Colorado Plateau
ISBN : 9780813725338

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Tectonosedimentary Relations of Pennsylvanian to Jurassic Strata on the Colorado Plateau by William R. Dickinson Pdf

"Following this discovery and further detrital-zircon studies of Mesozoic strata on the Colorado Plateau, Dr. Dickinson began preparing this volume in order to identify key aspects of the sedimentary and tectonic history of Mesozoic strata of the Colorado Plateau and directly adjacent areas. He divided the strata into seven depositional systems"--

Author : Michael R. Kelsey
Publisher : Kelsey Pub
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0944510167

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Canyon Hiking Guide to the Colorado Plateau by Michael R. Kelsey Pdf

Author : Michael R Kelsey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 094451037X

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Technical Slot Canyon Guide to the Colorado Plateau by Michael R Kelsey Pdf

This is another in the series by Michael Kelsey for those who enjoy hiking and climbing. This book is unique in that every canyon described requires the use of ropes and rapelling to get all the way through. There are hundreds of maps and pictures, as well as directions and descriptions of the many small canyons available for exploration. Mr Kelsey's books have sold and continue to sell well in the Rocky Mountain region.

Author : Sally J. Cole
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Colorado
ISBN : 1555663915

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Legacy on Stone by Sally J. Cole Pdf

In the deep and colorful sandstone canyons west of the Rockies, along river corridors of northern Colorado, and inscribed on rock outcroppings of the Colorado Plateau, the rock art of ancient and historic inhabitants of the West is an enduring record of past ideas and practices. This first integrated analysis of rock art styles throughout the western Colorado region, dating from pre-A.D. 1 to the middle of the twentieth century, bring together information from earlier studies and presents new information to shed light on how various cultures developed and interacted over time and in diverse geographical settings. Sally Cole traces connections between art on canyon walls, rock shelters, and bolders and designs on pottery, basketry, and other artificts, placing the art in cultural context. This book surveys the cultural history and rock art traditions of Archaic hunters and gatherers, Anasazi, Fremont, Navajo, Eastern Shoshoni, and Ute peoples. regions of special interest include Mesa Verde and the Four Corners area, the Uncompahgre Plateau, Dinosaur National Monument and the canyons of the Green and Yampa rivers, and the Canyonlands of Utah and Colorado. An abundance of drawings, photographs, and maps illustrate the text and reveal the diversity of rock art forms and settings in the West.