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Geology of Route 66 Region: Flagstaff to Grants

2013
237 pages

Kate Zeigler, J. Michael Timmons, Stacy Timmons and Steve Semken [editors], 2013, 237 pages. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-64

$20.00

Research papers are free to download.
Roadlogs, mini-papers and some other sections are available in print.


SKU: FFC-64

About this guidebook

Following along portions of historic Route 66, the 64th annual New Mexico Geological Society’s fall field conference travels through the spectacular geology of northeastern Arizona and western New Mexico. Beginning with one of most remarkable geologic phenomena on Earth — Grand Canyon — the trip visits a wide variety of features in the Route 66 region between Flagstaff and Grants, including other national parks and monuments, such as Wupatki, Sunset Crater, Petrified Forest, and El Malpais. As the trip crosses this remarkable terrain, the topics discussed include everything from Proterozoic basement rocks to Neogene volcanism, with Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary rocks in between. Detailed road logs describe the regional geology and history along the route, plus additional optional side stops. This volume also includes fourteen technical manuscripts, as well as shorter minipapers, covering topics from mineral resources, hydrogeology, geoscience education, and volcanology to geomorphology and geochronology, with additional highlights to the regions’ history, art and archaeology.

Best Guidebook Award, 2015 — Geoscience Information Society

Contents & downloads

Note — Downloads of the papers below are free.

Road logs, mini-papers, and some other sections of recent guidebooks are only available in print.

Roadlogs

(each includes listed mini-papers)

Pre-meeting road log: Flagstaff to Grand Canyon Visitor Center via Highways 180 and 64

W. A. Duffield, pp. 1-8.

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Mini-papers

The Grand Canyon Supergroup: A glimpse into mysteries of the Great Unconformity

J. Michael Timmons, Carol Dehler, Karl Karlstrom, Laura Crossey, and Susannah Porter, pp. 5-7.

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The Trail of Time: Innovative informal geoscience education at Grand Canyon

Karl Karlstrom, Laura Crossey, and Ryan Crow, pp. 7-8.

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First-day road log: From Flagstaff to S P and Colton Craters, Wupatki and Sunset Crater National Monuments and Meteor Crater

Kate Zeigler, Nancy Riggs, J. Michael Timmons, Michael Ort, and Steve Semken, pp. 9-24.

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Mini-papers

Sharing geology with the public in Arizona’s “Route 66 Country” using interpretive and place-based educational techniques

Allyson Mathis, Robert J. Lillie, and Steve Semken, pp. 20-22.

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Meteor Crater: From misunderstanding to obsession to scientific icon

Kate Zeigler, Steve Semken, and Carleton Moore, pp. 22-23.

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Old Route 66: Getting your kicks in the American Southwest

Kate Zeigler and Steve Semken, pp. 23-24.

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Second-day road log: From a corner in Winslow, Arizona, through Petrified Forest National Park, to the El Rancho Hotel in Gallup, New Mexico

William Parker, Jeffrey Martz, Kate Zeigler, Steve Semken, and J. Michael Timmons, pp. 25-42.

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Mini-papers

I-40 geology inspires art, literature, architecture and western New Mexico

Will Keener, pp. 43-45.

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Railroad development and the towns in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico

AnnD. Zeigler and Paul S. Zeigler, pp. 45-47.

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Harvey House: How Fred Harvey and the Harvey Girls brought civilization and fast food service to the southwest

AnnD. Zeigler and Paul S. Zeigler, pp. 47-49.

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Third-day road log: Pre-trip – From El Rancho Hotel, Gallup, NM to Northwest Regional Visitor’s Center in Grants, NM

Kate Zeigler, J. Michael Timmons, and Steve Semken, pp. 50-53.

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Mini-papers

Mineral resources of the East Grants Ridge mining district, Cibola County, New Mexico: An update

Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 54-55.

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The Roca Honda mine project – A summary

Niranjan K. Khalsa, Brad Hill, and Dan Kapostasy, pp. 56-58.

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Third-day road log: Trip 1 – A brief tour of Mount Taylor

Larry Crumpler and Fraser Goff, pp. 59-65.

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Mini-papers

A brief tour of Mount Taylor, a large, young composite volcano, west central New Mexico

Larry Crumpler and Fraser Goff, pp. 66-67.

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The Quarry lava flow, a peridotite-bearing trachybasalt at Mount Taylor volcano, New Mexico

Fraser Goff and Cathy J. Goff, pp. 67-69.

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Third-day road log: Trip 2 -Tuffs of San Mateo Canyon

Shari Kelley, Nelia Dunbar, William McIntosh, and Fraser Goff, pp. 70-72.

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Mini-papers

Rhyolitic pyroclastic deposits at Mount Taylor, New Mexico: Insight into early eruptive processes of a major composite volcano

Nelia Dunbar, Shari Kelley, Fraser Goff, and William C. McIntosh, pp. 72-74.

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Third-day road log: Trip 3 – McCartys lava flow field, El Malpais and traverse log to Lava Falls

Larry Crumpler, Jane Aubele, Jim R. Zimbelman, Steve Self, Jake E. Bleacher, and Brent Garry, pp. 75-85.

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Third-day road log: Post-meeting optional road log – Grants to the Rio Puerco

Colin T. Cikoski, Dan K. Koning, Kate Zeigler, and J. Michael Timmons, pp. 86-96.

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Papers

Geology and mineral resources in the Zuni Mountains mining district, Cibola County, New Mexico: Revisitied

Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 131-142.

Gabbroic shallow intrusions and lava-hosted xenoliths in the Mount Taylor area, New Mexico

Fraser Goff, John A. Wolff, William McIntosh, and Shari A. Kelley, pp. 143-151.

Processes during scoria-cone collapse as recorded by displacement of crater-rim blocks, Strawberry Crater, AZ

Courtney M. Pulido and Nancy R. Riggs, pp. 153-158.

U-series dating and stable isotope analysis of Quaternary travertines with implications for incision rates in western Rio Grande rift, Carrizo Arroyo, New Mexico

M. Kolomaznik, J. W. Ricketts, A. Priewisch, L. J. Crossey, K. E. Karlstrom, Y. Asmerom, and V. Polyak, pp. 199-204.

Recharge sources and characteristics of springs on the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico

Paul G. Drakos, Jim W. Riesterer, and Kirk Bemis, pp. 205-213.

Revised geochronology and paleomagnetic interpretations of uppermost Cretaceous and lowermost Paleocene rocks in the southern San Juan Basin

James E. Fassett, pp. 215-222.

Uranium and strontium isotope study of late-stage speleothems from lava tube caves in El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico

Zachary LaPointe, Victor Polyak, and Yemane Asmerom, pp. 223-228.

U-series ages and morphology of a Quaternary large-volume travertine deposit at Mesa del Oro, NM: Implications for paleohydrology, paleoclimate, and neotectonic proceses

A. Priewisch, L. J. Crossey, and K. E. Karlstrom, pp. 229-237.

Recommended citation

  1. Zeigler, Kate; Timmons, J. Michael; Timmons, Stacy; Semken, Steve, 2013, Geology of Route 66 Region: Flagstaff to Grants, New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 64th Annual Field Conference, 237 pp. ISBN: 9781585460991 https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-64