Colorado National Monument and adjacent areas in Mesa County, Colorado, are covered by this 1:24,000-scale geologic map. The map provides new interpretations of stratigraphy, structure, and geologic hazards, supporting the USGS Western Colorado I-70 Corridor Cooperative Geologic Mapping Project. Data was published by the CEOS_EXTRA organization with a last update timestamp of 2000-12-31.
Use Cases
- Analyze geologic hazards like rock-fall and landslide deposits for infrastructure planning and risk mitigation.
- Study stratigraphic sequences, including the Dakota Formation and Mancos Shale, for regional geologic correlation.
- Model structural features such as northwest-trending fault-propagation folds and S-shaped folds to understand tectonic history.
- Map surficial deposits, including alluvial fans and terrace deposits, for Quaternary landscape evolution studies.
- Support land-management decisions by identifying deposit types like Cienga-type deposits and their distribution.
Strengths
- Detailed 1:24,000-scale mapping provides high-resolution geologic data.
- Covers a significant area from the Colorado River in Grand Valley onto the Uncompahgre Plateau.
Limitations
- Dataset appears temporally stale with a last update in the year 2000.
- Specific row counts, column details, and file formats are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- CEOS_EXTRA organization via NASA EarthData.
- Collection Method
- Field-based geologic mapping as part of the USGS Western Colorado I-70 Corridor Cooperative Geologic Mapping Project.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Colorado National Monument Quadrangle and adjacent areas, Mesa County, Colorado, USA.