Great Basin National Park: geologic resources inventory report
Graham JP. 2014. Great Basin National Park: geologic resources inventory report. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/GRD/NRR—2014/762. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report was developed to accompany the digital geologic map produced by Geologic Resources Inventory staff for Great Basin National Park (Nevada). It contains information relevant to resource management and scientific research. Park specific geologic issues, geologic features and processes, a brief geologic history, and a map unit properties table that identifies and describes the resource characteristics of map units in the park area, are included in this report.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Graham, John
- Date of Issue
- 2014-02
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- GRBA , GRD , GRI , MOJN , NRSS
- Keywords
- and Protection, Basin and Range Boundary Faults, Cave Development, Cave Preservation and Protection, Cave Systems, Documenting Glacial Features, Geohazards, geologic features, Geologic History, Geologic Issues, geologic processes, Geologic Resources Division, Geologic Resources Inventory, Geology and Cultural Features, geomorphic features, Glacial Features, GRBA, GRD, Great Basin National Park, GRI, groundwater withdrawal, Igneous Rocks, Lehman Cave Restoration Project, Lexington Arch, Map Unit Properties Table, map units, Metamorphic Core Complex and the Southern Snake Range Décollement, Monitoring, National Park Service, Nevada, NPS, Paleontological Resource Inventory, Paleontological resources, periglacial features, Preservation of Rock Art, Reclamation of Abandoned Mineral Lands (AML), Resource Management, Rock Glaciers, Seismic Activity (Earthquakes), Speleothems
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Glacial Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Hillslope Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Stream/River Channel Characteristics , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Subsurface Geologic Processes | Cave/Karst Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Subsurface Geologic Processes | Seismic Activity , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Paleontology | Paleontology