Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area: geologic resources inventory report
KellerLynn K. 2011. Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area: geologic resources inventory report. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/GRD/NRR—2011/447. National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report has been developed to accompany the digital geologic map produced by Geologic Resources Inventory staff for Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (Montana, Wyoming). It contains information relevant to resource management and scientific research. Park specific geologic issues, geologic features and processes, a brief geologic history, a map unit properties table that identifies and describes the resource characteristics of map units in the park area, and a cartographic overview of the digital geologic data are included in this report.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- KellerLynn, Katie
- Date of Issue
- 2011-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science
- Units
- BICA , GRD , GRI , NRSS
- Keywords
- Abandoned Meanders, Abandoned Mineral Lands, Bighorn Lake and Yellowtail Dam, Caves and Karst, Entrenched, Eolian Features and Processes, Flooding, Fluvial Features and Processes, Frost Heaving and Shrink-Swell Potential, geologic features, Geologic History, Geologic Issues, geologic processes, Geologic Resources Division, Geologic Resources Inventory, GRD, GRI, Map Unit Properties Table, map units, mass wasting, Mineral Resources and Mining, National Park Service, NPS, Other Disturbed Lands, paleokarst, Paleontological resources, Resource Management, Sedimentation, seeps and springs, Structural and Tectonic Features and Processes, Superimposed, Terraces