Geology of Boulder County
This site is the home page for Raymond Bridge's The Geology of Boulder County
For the forthcoming Geology of the
Denver Area [click]
--It includes geology links, ordering information for the book, errata,
supplementary information, and sample chapters.
Note: City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks is in the process of making major changes in its trails in the Marshall Mesa and Doudy Draw areas. Revised Field Trips 23 & 24 will be posted in the Extras tab as soon as all the new trails are complete.
Boulder County is a particularly interesting area
for geology students, because it has such a wide range of outcrops and
geological structures. It is also a fascinating place for non-geologists,
because the major geological features are scenic, spectacular, and intuitively
fairly easy to understand.
The Geology of Boulder County is the only available book on the subject. The first half of the book covers the historical geology of the area, along with background information for non-geologists. An appendix provides a short primer on basic geology. For serious geology students, scholarly references to the technical literature are provided. The core of the book comprises 25 field trips that explore examples of the major geological features of Boulder County from the plains to the continental divide.
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