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Valles Caldera : a geologic history / Fraser Goff.

Title
Valles Caldera : a geologic history / Fraser Goff.
Author
Goff, Fraser.
Publication
Albuquerque, N.M. : University of New Mexico Press, c2009.

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Description
ix, 114 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 24 cm.
Summary
The Valles Caldera consists of a twelve-mile-wide collapsed volcanic crater and more than ten postcollapse volcanic domes in New Mexico's Jemez Mountains. Presented in two parts, Valles Caldera first offers a summary of significant geologic events that have taken place in the Valles Caldera area. Then Goff presents the geology, volcanology, and geothermal characteristics of the Caldera and the Jemez volcanic field. --from publisher description.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Guidebooks
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-107) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Pre-Valles Caldera Geology. Early Geologic Events and Old Rocks -- The Supercontinent Pangaea -- The Western Interior Seaway of North America -- The Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction -- The Colorado Plateau -- The Rio Grande Rift : Structure, Sedimentation, and Volcanism -- The Jemez Lineament -- Geology of Jemez Volcanic Field and Valles Caldera Jemez volcanic field. Formation of Toledo and Valles Calderas -- Evolution of Valles Caldera -- The Resurgent Caldera and Ash-Flow Tuff Models -- Magma Volumes, Eruption Impacts, and Eruption Frequency -- The Next Valles Eruption -- Where Does the Magma Come From and Is There More? -- Magnetic Polarity Events -- Geophysical Character of Valles Caldera -- The Valles Geothermal System -- Valles Lake History -- Climate Change Research at Valles Caldera -- Other Geoscience in Valles after 2000 -- Conclusions.
ISBN
9780826345905 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2008034077
OCLC
  • 241304674
  • SCSB-9902487
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library