Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Geologic references for Bitter Spring landslide



AZGS Chief Geologist Jon Spencer pulled together a short list of citations relevant to today's Bitter Spring landslide on Highway US89, south of Page, Arizona [right, credit, AZ Dept. of Transportation]:

Cooley, M.E., Harshbarger, J.W., Akers, J.P., Hardt, W.F., and Hicks, O.N., 1969, Regional hydrogeology of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 521-A, 60 p., 12 plates.
Repenning, C.A., Cooley, M.E., and Akers, J.P., 1969, Stratigraphy of the Chinle and Moenkopi Formations, Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 521-B, 34 p., 2 plates.
Rogers, J.D., and Watkins, C., 2008, The role of overconsolidated shales in triggering megalandslides in the Grand Canyon region: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, n. 6, p. 218.
Strahler, A.N., 1940, Landslides of the Vermilion and Echo Cliffs, northern Arizona:  Journal of Geomorphology, v. 3, n. 4, p. 285.
Watkins, C.M., and Rogers, J.D., 2007, Overconsolidated shales and their role in triggering megalandslides in the Grand Canyon shales: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, n. 6, p. 439.

4 comments:

  1. Lee and AZGS colleagues—

    Thanks for your rapid and frequently updated posts on the US89 slide. ASU SESE got a lot of inquiries from the Phoenix media yesterday, and this quick information was very helpful! Your blog got a mention on the channel 12 news yesterday. Thanks also to my homie Ron Schott for the annotated image.

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  2. Is this an indication of posible earthquake in the region? Thanks.

    Maria

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  3. Maria, there were no earthquakes detected anywhere in the area around that time.

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