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The Structural Geology Of The Cerrillos Hills Area, New Mexico, Alan E. Disbrow
The Structural Geology Of The Cerrillos Hills Area, New Mexico, Alan E. Disbrow
Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs
The earliest major structural deformation recorded in rocks exposed in the Cerrillos area occurred during the Laramie uplift of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. This resulted in an erosional wedging of Upper Cretaceous strata at a rate of 130 feet per mile. Subsequent deposition of the Eocene Galisteo sand, clay, and gravel overstepped this surface in a sourceward direction.
At the beginning of work on this project the major problem was to determine the geological structure of the Cerrillos Hills. It was felt that a large-scale geologic map of an area extensive enough to reveal the structurally complex center of …
Geology Of The Mcrae Canyon Area Sierra County, New Mexico, Hugh P. Bushnell
Geology Of The Mcrae Canyon Area Sierra County, New Mexico, Hugh P. Bushnell
Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs
Sedimentary Rocks exposed at the surface in the low area between the north-trending Caballo and Fra Cristobal Mountains of south-central New Mexico include the late Cretaceous Mesaverde formation, the late Cretaceous and early Tertiary McRae formation, and the Miocene-Pliocene Santa Fe formation. A thin veneer of Jordana pediment gravel covers the older rocks on the eastern edge of the area.