Past Field Trip and Conference Guides
Caution, some of these files are large (up to around 6 mb)


Dedicated geologists at Vail Pass learning geology in the field while attending the 2010 Geological Society of America Meeting in Denver.

Miscellaneous

• Laramide Structures Along the Northeastern Flank of the Front Range GSA Field Trip 11-6-04 PDF format
• Symposium on the Geology of the Front Range in honor of William A. Braddock, PDF format
• Field Trip Guide to Mineral Resources of Jefferson County, PDF format
• A Dash With The Dinosaurs - A Mountain Bike Trek to the Purgatoire River Dinosaur Trackway and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Impact Layer of Southeastern Colorado, PDF Format
• Guide to the Geology of the Glenwood Springs Area, Garfield County, Colorado, PDF Format.
• Front Range Geologic Hazards Field Trip, PDF Format
• Geology, Water Quality, and Avalanche Hazards of the Ouray - Silverton Area, PDF Format

Geologic Excursions to the Rocky Mountains and Beyond

• A Proactive Removal Program at the Bonanza Mining District, PDF Format
• Alamosa River Watershed Project, PDF Format
• Attenuation of Metal Concentrations in Terrace Reservoir, May '94 - May '95, PDF Format
• The Biogeochemistry of Wetland Ecosystems and Tree Rings in the San Luis Valley, PDF Format
• Changing Hydrologic Regimes and Prehistoric Landscape Use in the Northern San Luis Valley, PDF Format
• Depositional Environments and Hydrocarbon Potential of Codell-Juana Lopez Sandstones, PDF Format
• Evaluation of Metal Transport Into and Out of Terrace Reservoir, April '94 - March '95, PDF Format
• Evidence Supporting Enhanced Upward Ground Water Flow in the San Luis Valley, PDF Format
• Geology and Geologic Hazards of the Glenwood Springs Area, PDF Format
• General Geology of the Northern San Luis Valley, PDF Format
• Geochemical Dispersion in Soils on the Alamosa River Floodplain, PDF Format
• Geological Characteristics of the Summitville Mine and Their Environmental Implications, PDF Format
• Geology of the Gold Belt Back Country Byway, PDF Format
• Geology of the Notheastern San Luis Basin, PDF Format
• Geology of the Western San Juan Mountains and a Tour of the San Juan Skyway, PDF Format
• Geomorphic Evolution and History of Pollution in the Vicinity of the Summitville District, PDF Format
• Geology of the San Luis Gold Deposit, PDF Format
• Hydrogeology of the San Luis Valley, PDF Format
• Hydrothermal Alteration Assemblages as a Control on Water Chemistry, Upper Alamosa River, PDF Format
• Mineralogical Alterations of Soil Irrigated with Acidic Mine Water in the Alamosa River Basin, PDF Format
• Naturally Occurring, Acidic, Metal-Rich Springs in the Upper Alamosa River Basin, PDF Format
• Oblique Laramide Convergence in the Northeastern Front Range, PDF Format
• San Luis Valley Project, PDF Format
• Soil-Geomorphic Relationships Near Rocky Flats with a Stop at the Pre-Fountain Formation Paleosol, PDF Format
• Sequence Stratigraphy of the Dakota Group and Equivalents, PDF Format
• Stream Contamination from the Summitville Mine and Its Impact on Alfalfa Production in Part of the San Luis Valley, PDF Format
• Tertiary Igneous Rocks and Laramide Structure and Stratigraphy of the Spanish Peaks Region, PDF Format
• Tertiary Stratigraphy and Tectonic Development of the Alamosa Basin, PDF Format
• The Alamosa River Irrigation System, PDF Format
• The Analysis of Rabbitbrush and the Detection of a Possible Hidden Geothermal Field in the Northern San Luis Valley, PDF Format
• The Mining History and Environmental Clean-Up at the Summitville Mine, PDF Format
• The Role of Streams in the Development of the Great Sand Dunes and Their Connection with the Hydrologic Cycle, PDF Format
• The San Luis Mine, PDF Format
• The Slumgullion Landslide, PDF Format
• Water Level Changes in the Unconfined Aquifer of the San Luis Valley, 1980-1995, PDF Format