Aztec Ruins National Monument: Geologic Resources Inventory report
KellerLynn K. 2016. Aztec Ruins National Monument: Geologic Resources Inventory report. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/GRD/NRR—2016/1245. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The Geologic Resources Inventory (GRI) is one of 12 inventories funded by the National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring Program. The Geologic Resources Division of the NPS Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Directorate administers the inventory. This report synthesizes discussions from a scoping meeting for Aztec Ruins National Monument (New Mexico) on 13 February 2007 and a follow-up conference call on 28 May 2015, which were held by the Geologic Resources Division to identify significant geologic resources and geologic resource management issues, as well as determine the status of geologic mapping. It is a companion document to previously completed GRI GIS data. This GRI report was written for resource managers at Aztec Ruins National Monument to support science-informed decision making. It also may 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. The report discusses distinctive geologic features and processes within the monument, highlights geologic issues facing resource managers, describes the geologic history leading to the present-day landscape, and provides information about the GRI GIS data that accompany this report. The GRI team used three source maps to compile the GRI GIS data for the monument. Data from Brown and Stone (1979) covers the western side of the monument; data from Ward (1990) covers the eastern side of the monument. These data are illustrated on a GRI poster (in pocket) and referred to as the “bedrock and surficial map.” Data from Gillam (1998a) covers the entire monument. A GRI poster (in pocket) illustrating those data is referred to as the “geomorphic map.” In addition, two Map Unit Properties Tables (in pocket) summarize report content for the GRI GIS data. One of these tables highlights bedrock and surficial deposits as mapped by Brown and Stone (1979) and Ward (1990); the other highlights geomorphic features, namely terraces and the modern floodplain, as mapped by Gillam (1998a).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- KellerLynn, Katie
- Date of Issue
- 2016-07
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- AZRU , GRD , GRI , NRSS , SCPN
- Keywords
- Abandoned Mineral Lands, Adjacent Development, Alluvium, and Protection, AZRU, Aztec Ruins National Monument, Bank Erosion and Landscape Restoration, Directional Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing, Eolian Features, Geologic Features, Geologic Features and Processes, Geologic History, Geologic Processes, Geologic Resource Management Issues, Geologic Resources Division, Geologic Resources Inventory, GRD, GRI, Localized and Regional Subsidence, Map Unit Properties Table, Map Units, Monitoring, Nacimiento Formation Building Stone and Lithic Resources, National Park Service, New Mexico, NPS, Oil and Gas Development and Production, Paleontological Resource Inventory, Piping, Recreation and Land Use in the Animas River Corridor, Resource Management, Terraces, Water Impacts on Monument Resources
- Subjects
- 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 | Soil Quality | Soil Function and Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Paleontology | Paleontology