Chapter 8. Industrial mineral extraction and geothermal exploration

Thomas Merlan

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Chapter 8. Industrial mineral extraction and geothermal exploration

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Thomas Merlan

Year:

2007

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Anschuetz, Kurt F.; Merlan, Thomas. More than a scenic mountain landscape: Valles Caldera National Preserve land use history. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-196. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 125-128.

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Abstract

The Valles Caldera is the result of the youngest major volcanic episode in the creation of the central Jémez volcanic field. This geological feature is a diverse suite of basaltic through rhyolitic rocks, which erupted from some time less than 13 million years ago to no later than .13 million years ago. It represents some of the greatest volcanic activity documented in the earth’s history.

Parent Publication

More than a scenic mountain landscape: Valles Caldera National Preserve land use history

Keywords

Valles Caldera National Preserve, VCNP, land use, Jémez volcanic field

Citation

Merlan, Thomas. 2007. Chapter 8. Industrial mineral extraction and geothermal exploration. In: Anschuetz, Kurt F.; Merlan, Thomas. More than a scenic mountain landscape: Valles Caldera National Preserve land use history. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-196. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 125-128.