Valles Caldera: A Geologic History

Goff, Fraser

ISBN 10: 0826345905 / ISBN 13: 9780826345905

Published by University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, 2009

8vo (23 x 15 cm). 114, [4 blank notes] pp. Glossy pictorial covers with yellow/white titles to upper and spine. Occasional underling, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Seller Inventory # 5352

Synopsis:

The Valles Caldera consists of a twelve-mile-wide collapsed volcanic crater and more than ten post collapse volcanic domes in New Mexico's Jemez Mountains. For over a century, it was safeguarded within the 89,000-acre Baca Ranch. In the year 2000, Congress passed the Valles Caldera Preservation Act, creating the Valles Caldera Trust to purchase the ranch and create a nine-member board of trustees responsible for the protection and development of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. With special permission, qualified geologists interested in volcanic processes and hydrothermal systems have been allowed to conduct research on the preserve. One of those volcanologists, Fraser Goff, collaborated with the Valles Caldera Trust to provide an accessible scientific overview of the caldera's geologic wonders. Presented in two parts, ""Valles Caldera"" first offers a summary of significant geologic events that have taken place in the Valles Caldera area. Then Goff presents the geology, volcanology, and geothermal characteristics of the Caldera and the Jemez volcanic field. Geologic terms and names unfamiliar to all but professional geologists are defined in a summarizing glossary.

About the Author: Fraser Goff is adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of New Mexico

Bibliographic Details

Title: Valles Caldera: A Geologic History
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very good
Edition: First Edition.