USGS

Philmont Country: The Rocks and Landscape of a Famous New Mexico Ranch

U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 505

by G. D. Robinson, A.A.Wanek, W. H. Hays and M. E. McCallum


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Sections available in pdf:

Section 1 -- 1.97 MB

What this book is about

Section 2 -- 2.42 MB

A bird's-eye view: the Philmont landscape

Section 3 -- 2.25 MB

A bird's-eye view: the Philmont landscape (cont'd)

Section 4 -- 3.31 MB

A closer view : the rocks, fossils, and water beneath the land

Section 5 -- 3.03 MB

A closer view : the rocks, fossils, and water beneath the land (cont'd)

Section 6 -- 2.78 MB

A closer view : the rocks, fossils, and water beneath the land (cont'd)

Section 7 -- 2.79 MB

A closer view : the rocks, fossils, and water beneath the land (cont'd)

Section 8 -- 3.21 MB

A closer view : the rocks, fossils, and water beneath the land (cont'd)

Section 9 -- 1.67 MB

A closer view : the rocks, fossils, and water beneath the land (cont'd)

Section 10 -- 3.09 MB

A cake of many layers: the rock sequence

Section 11 -- 2.41 MB

Putting the rocks on paper: naming and mapping formations

When was this cake made?

Missing layers

Section 12 -- 2.44 MB

Subsurface geologic processes at work

Section 13 -- 2.77 MB

Subsurface geologic processes at work (cont'd)

Section 14 -- 2.60 MB

Subsurface geologic processes at work (cont'd)

Section 15 -- 3.11 MB

Shaping the landscape

Section 16 -- 3.72 MB

Shaping the landscape (cont'd)

Restless mountains, restless plains : the geologic history of Philmont

Exit wondering

Suggested reading

About this book

 


Plates available in pdf:

Plate 1 -- 9.31 MB

The Philmont Landscape

Plate 2 -- 2.18 MB

The Parade of Philmont Rocks

Plate 3 -- 23.94 MB

Geologic Map of the Philmont Ranch Region, New Mexico

Plate 4 -- 9.32 MB

Geology of Philmont

Plate 5 -- 4.23 MB

Geologic Sections of the Philmont Ranch Region, New Mexico

Plate 6 -- 21.57 MB

Geologic Structure of Philmont

 


 

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