BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
The University of Texas at Austin
Peter T. Flawn, Director
Guidebook 8
The Geologic Story of Palo Duro Canyon
By
William H. Matthews III
August 1969
Second Printing
August 1983
Contents
- Introduction 1
- Acknowledgments 2
- Park history 3
- Ancient man in Palo Duro Canyon 3
- Indians of the Plains 3
- Advent of the White Man 3
- Regional setting 8
- The geologic story 10
- The canyon’s rocks and minerals 10
- Unraveling earth history 10
- The geologic column and geologic time scale 12
- Geologic formations exposed in Palo Duro Canyon 16
- Quartermaster Formation 17
- Tecovas Formation 19
- Trujillo Formation 22
- Ogallala Formation 23
- Rocks of the Pleistocene 28
- How the canyon was carved 29
- The geologic work of running water 29
- Weathering and gravity add the final touch 30
- Weathering 30
- Mass-wasting 31
- Differential erosion 31
- What to do and see at Palo Duro Canyon State Park 33
- Park Entrance 33
- Coronado Lodge and Observation Point 33
- The Scenic Drive 33
- Pioneer Amphitheatre 33
- Sad Monkey Train Ride 35
- Triassic Peak 35
- Spanish Skirts 37
- Catarina Cave 37
- Santana’s Face 37
- The Sky Ride 37
- The First Water Crossing 39
- Colonel Charles Goodnight’s Dugout 39
- The Lighthouse 39
- Capitol Peak 40
- Fortress Cliff 40
- The Rock Garde ...
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