The Geologic Story of Palo Duro Canyon Guidebook 8
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The Geologic Story of Palo Duro Canyon
Contents
INTRODUCTION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PARK HISTORY
ANCIENT MAN IN PALO DURO CANYON
INDIANS OF THE PLAINS
ADVENT OF THE WHITE MAN
REGIONAL SETTING
THE GEOLOGIC STORY
THE CANYON’S ROCKS AND MINERALS
UNRAVELING EARTH HISTORY
THE GEOLOGIC COLUMN AND GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE
GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS EXPOSED IN PALO DURO CANYON
Quartermaster Formation.—
Tecovas Formation.—
Trujillo Formation.—
Ogallala Formation.—
Rocks of the Pleistocene.—
Quartermaster Formation.—
Tecovas Formation.—
Trujillo Formation.—
Ogallala Formation.—
Rocks of the Pleistocene.—
HOW THE CANYON WAS CARVED
THE GEOLOGIC WORK OF RUNNING WATER
WEATHERING AND GRAVITY ADD THE FINAL TOUCH
Weathering.—
Mass-wasting.—
Differential erosion.—
Weathering.—
Mass-wasting.—
Differential erosion.—
WHAT TO DO AND SEE AT PALO DURO CANYON STATE PARK
Park Entrance (1).—
Coronado Lodge and Observation Point (2).—
The Scenic Drive (1-16).—
Pioneer Amphitheatre (3).—
Sad Monkey Train Ride (4).—
Triassic Peak (5).—
Spanish Skirts (6).—
Catarina Cave (7).—
Santana’s Face (8).—
The Sky Ride (9).—
The First Water Crossing (10).—
Colonel Charles Goodnight’s Dugout (11).—
The Lighthouse (12).—
Capitol Peak (13).—
Fortress Cliff (14).—
The Rock Garden (15).—
The Devil’s Slide (16).—
The Turnaround (17).—
Hiking.—
Horseback riding.—
Camping and picnicking.—
Photography.—
Coronado Lodge and Observation Point (2).—
The Scenic Drive (1-16).—
Pioneer Amphitheatre (3).—
Sad Monkey Train Ride (4).—
Triassic Peak (5).—
Spanish Skirts (6).—
Catarina Cave (7).—
Santana’s Face (8).—
The Sky Ride (9).—
The First Water Crossing (10).—
Colonel Charles Goodnight’s Dugout (11).—
The Lighthouse (12).—
Capitol Peak (13).—
Fortress Cliff (14).—
The Rock Garden (15).—
The Devil’s Slide (16).—
The Turnaround (17).—
Hiking.—
Horseback riding.—
Camping and picnicking.—
Photography.—
PANHANDLE-PLAINS HISTORICAL MUSEUM
SELECTED REFERENCES[2]
GLOSSARY
Index
Footnotes
Transcriber’s Notes
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