Elephant Butte-Eastern Black Range Region: Journeys from desert lakes to mounatin ghost towns / No. 16 Print
Richard P. Lozinsky, Ricard W. Harrison, Stephen H. Lekson
- Socorro, NM New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources 1995
- 169 p. Paperback
- Scenic Trips to the Geologic Past No. 16 .
Introduction -- Physiographic and geologic setting -- Climate and vegetation -- Cultural development of the Elephant Butte area -- Rocks and the rock cycle -- Geologic time and rock units -- Geologic history of the Elephant Butte area -- Fossils -- How to use the trip logs -- Color gallery -- Trip 1-- west shore of Elephant Butte Lake -- Trip 2-- T or C to Winston -- Trip 3-- Caballo Lake -- Trip 4-- boat tour of the southern half of Elephant Butte Lake -- Glossary -- Geologic references -- Suggested references -- Index.
From warm tropical seas to erupting volcanos, the landscape in south-central New Mexico has changed character many times over its two billion year history. Blended with diverse geologic development is a rich cultural heritage that includes early American Indian settlements dating back as far as 500 A.D.