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Report and survey of reconnaissance geology between Lake Mead and Davis Dam Arizona-Nevada, 1963

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Title Report and survey of reconnaissance geology between Lake Mead and Davis Dam Arizona-Nevada, 1963
Creator Longwell, Chester R. (Chester Ray), 1887-1975 @LoC
Description Geological survey of the area between Lake Mead and Davis Dam. Geological Survey Professional Paper 374-E Between Hoover and Davis dams the Colorado River valley, trending south-southeast, separates the Black Mountains on the east from the Eldorado and Newberry Mountains on the west. For more than 20 miles directly south of Lake Mead the river is deeply incised in Black Canyon : farther south the stream course is in large part between wide alluviated slopes. Maximum relief within the area is about 4,500 feet. Thick Paleozoic and Mesozoic formations found in ranges north and west of Lake Mead are...
Contributor United States. Department of the Interior;
Source United States Government Printing Office, Washington D. C. G 4354 N4 C5 1963 L65 Special Collections Stacks;
Date 1963
Coverage Mead, Lake; Colorado River; Davis Dam; Las Vegas; Clark; Mohave; Nevada; Arizona; United States;
Subject Complexes (Stratigraphy); Igneous rocks; Sedimentary rocks; Metamorphic rocks;
Type Text;
Language eng
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Format application/pdf 9.2 x 11.36 inches
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries
Identifier http://digital.library.unlv.edu:81/u?/hln,1056

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