How did Colorado's current and ancient landscape form? How do rocks reveal those ancient landscapes? What type of life has inhabited Colorado over geologic time? In what ways has the state's geologic ...

click the icon in the top right corner of the map to switch between topographical, terrain and satellite views. Sources: Colorado Geological Survey (elevations), Colorado Fourteeners Initiative ...

He earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1959 and was a professor of geology at the University of Colorado, where he began teaching in September 1956 ... the Pierre Shale and numerous detailed ...

The Navajo sandstone, for example, can also be found in parts of Nevada, Arizona and Colorado. Some geologic maps include what are called cross sections, such as the one included below the Arches ...

Sometimes called “The City of Gnomes” for its strange hoodoos, domes and spires, Wheeler Geologic Area was designated as Colorado’s first national monument in 1908 by President Theodore ...