Stanley William Lohman

Contents

Figures

Preface

History of the Monument

Early History of the Region Prehistoric People

Late Arrivals Early Settlement [13]

Artesian Wells

Geographic Setting

The Geologic Story Begins

The Age of Reptiles

The Age of Mammals

The Age of Man

How to See the Monument

Trips Through and Around the Monument [34] From Grand Junction

REsumE of Geologic History and Relation to Other National Parks and Monuments in the Colorado Plateau

Acknowledgments

References

Additional Reading

Footnotes

Index

Transcriber's Notes

Transcriber's Note on Linking between eBooks

BALANCED ROCK, near head of Fruita Canyon. Spire and rock are Wingate Sandstone resting on red Chinle Formation; thin caprock is protective layer of resistant Kayenta Formation. (Frontispiece)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
JAMES G. WATT, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Doyle G. Frederick, Acting Director

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Lohman, Stanley William, 1907-

The geologic story of Colorado National Monument.

(Geological Survey Bulletin 1508)

Bibliography: p. 131

Includes index.

1. Geology—Colorado National Monument.

2. Colorado National Monument.

I. Title. II. Series: United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1508

QE75.B9 no. 1508 [QE92.C6] 557.3s [557.88′17]

80-607952

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