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Rocky Mtn Association of Geologists - Outcrop Magazine - Cover Photo selections - 2007
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Pelzmann > Animas Valley, Durango, Colorado
Cutler Formation, Permian
Arkosic fluvial / alluvial fan facies, >2,000' thickness
Pelzmann > Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado
Gunnison River ~ 2,000' below the rim.
Precambrian gneiss and schist, ~1.7 BYa
Light colored pegmatite dikes can be seen cross cutting the basement rocks in the distance.
Pelzmann > Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado
Fountain Formation, Pennsylvanian
fluvial conglomerate
Pelzmann > Eroded spires on west flanks of Mt Sneffels
Tertiary volcanics
San Juan Mountains, Colorado
Pelzmann > Sneffels Wilderness Area
Tertiary volcanics
San Juan Mtns, Colorado
Pelzmann > Fall colors on talus slopes of the Maroon Bells, Colorado
View from Crater Lake
Maroon Formation, Pennsylvanian / Permian
Pelzmann > Fall colors - Maroon Bells, Elk Mtns, Colorado
Maroon Peak (14,156')left, North Maroon Peak (14,014')right
Maroon Formation, Late Pennsylvanian / Permian

Pleistocene glacial hanging valley on upper right
A rock glacier is still moving out of the valley.
Pelzmann > Point Lookout - Meneffe Contact, Mesaverde Group
Upper Cretaceous, nearshore marine sandstone capped by coal swamps and fluvial channels.
Point Lookout, Mesaverde National Park, Colorado
View east toward Mancos valley

This is the type locality for the Point Lookout Formation
Pelzmann > Nonconformity - Sawatch Quartzite, Cambrian, on Precambiran metamorphic and granitic basement.
Glenwood Canyon, Hanging Lake turnout, Colorado
Animas Valley, Durango, Colorado
Cutler Formation, Permian
Arkosic fluvial / alluvial fan facies, >2,000' thickness
 > Animas Valley, Durango, Colorado
Cutler Formation, Permian
Arkosic fluvial / alluvial fan facies, >2,000' thickness
Animas Valley, Durango, Colorado
Cutler Formation, Permian
Arkosic fluvial / alluvial fan facies, >2,000' thickness
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Keywords: colorado durango outcrop geology animas valley rmagoutcrop
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