Chaco Culture National Historical Park: Geologic resources inventory report. Natural Resource Report NPS/NRSS/GRD/NRR—2015/1045
KellerLynn K. 2015. Chaco Culture National Historical Park: Geologic resources inventory report. Natural Resource Report NPS/NRSS/GRD/NRR—2015/1045. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/GRD/NRR—2015/1045. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This GRI report is a companion document to previously completed GRI digital geologic map data. It was written for resource managers to support science-informed decision making. It may also be useful for interpretation. The report was prepared using available geologic information, and the NPS Geologic Resources Division conducted no new fieldwork in association with its preparation. Sections of the report discuss distinctive geologic features and processes within the park, highlight geologic issues facing resource managers, describe the geologic history leading to the present-day landscape, and provide information about the GRI geologic map data. A poster illustrates these data. The Map Unit Properties Table summarizes report content for each geologic map unit.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- KellerLynn, Katie
- Date of Issue
- 2015-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CHCU , GRD , GRI , NRSS , SCPN
- Keywords
- Abandoned Mineral Lands, alluvial fill, Badlands , Cave Shelters, Chaco Arroyo, Chaco Canyon, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, CHCU, Coal Resources and Mining, disturbed lands restoration, Dynamic Sedimentation and Arroyo Development, Efflorescence, eolian features, eolian processes, geologic features, Geologic History, geologic processes, Geologic Resource Management Issues, Geologic Resources Division, Geologic Resources Inventory, GRD, GRI, Map Unit Properties Table, map units, National Park Service, New Mexico, NPS, oil and gas development, Paleontological resource Inventory and Monitoring, piping, Quaternary Fossils, Resource Management, Rockfall, Seismicity, Sheetwash Alluvium and Slope-Wash Deposits, Tinajas and Charcos, Upper Cretaceous Rocks and Fossils, Uranium Production
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Windblown 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 | Seismic Activity , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Soil Quality | Soil Function and Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Paleontology | Paleontology