Albuquerque Country

Description

Editors: Grambling, Jeffrey A. and Wells, Steven G.

Publisher: New Mexico Geological Society

Pub Date: 1982

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Scuffing to front and rear covers.  Some edge and corner wear.

Notes:   33rd Annual NMGS Field Conference guidebook.  Three road trips exploring areas around Albuquerque.  Day One: A circle route from Albuquerque to Tijeras Canyon, Abo Canyon, Los Lunas, Belen and return.  Day Two: Albuquerque to Los Lunas, then via Highway 6 to the Rio Puerco, Laguna, the volcanic landscape of El Malpais, Grants and return.  Day Three: Albuquerque to Sandia Peak, Alameda, Bernalillo, Placitas and return.  Tectonics, geophysics, geology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology, volcanoes, geomorphology, hydrogeology, Economic and Environmental geology.  “Albuquerque and its surrounding area are characterized by a multifaceted geologic setting.  Such geologic variety results from the fact that the Albuquerque area lies at the juncture of four major physiographic provinces: Basin and Range, Colorado Plateau, Great Plains, and Rocky Mountains.”  (From the President’s Message)