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
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_
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
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
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
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
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
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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