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Surficial Geology Of The Las Vegas Quadrangle, Nevada, Charles Edgar Price Jr
Surficial Geology Of The Las Vegas Quadrangle, Nevada, Charles Edgar Price Jr
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The Las Vegas 15-minute quadrangle, located in the south part of the state of Nevada, includes about 240 square miles in and around the city of Las Vegas; it is in the basin and range province. The quadrangle includes a broad valley floor that was once a lake bottom, a bordering area of badlands and rolling hills developed in Tertiary and Quaternary deposits, an outer marginal area of alluvial fans, and the surrounding mountains.
The mountains constitute about three per cent of the total land surface and are composed of rock ranging in are from Precambrian to Tertiary. The remainder …