Arizona Geology / 12A / Leighty / Physical Geology (GLG 101IN)
Here's a discussion of the geology of Arizona's three main physiographic provinces: the Basin and Range, Transition Zone, and Colorado Plateau. Examples of places with cool geology are included.
0:00 Arizona Geology
0:53 Physiography
1:56 Basin and Range physiography
2:26 Colorado Plateau physiography
2:52 Transition Zone physiography
3:22 Physiography & Geology
3:44 Arizona's Landscape
5:41 Rock of Ages
6:42 Basin and Range Geography and Ecology
11:24 Basin and Range Physiography
13:28 Basin and Range Geology
14:31 Basin and Range Mining
16:14 Metamorphic core complexes
17:01 Phoenix-Tempe area
18:16 South Mountain
19:32 Tempe Butte
20:26 Papago Buttes
21:10 Camelback Mountain
21:58 Phoenix Mountains
22:44 McDowell Mountains
23:17 Superstition Mountains
24:38 Tucson area
25:27 Transition Zone Geography and Ecology
27:52 Transition Zone Physiography
28:48 Transition Zone Geology
29:45 Transition Zone Mining
30:39 Bradshaw Mountains
32:14 Agua Fria National Monument
33:10 Mazatzal Mountains
35:13 Colorado Plateau Geography and Ecology
38:51 Colorado Plateau Physiography
40:04 Colorado Plateau Geology
40:49 Colorado Plateau Mining
41:38 Sedona
42:24 Grand Canyon
43:22 Monument Valley
44:23 Canyon De Chelly
45:45 Painted Desert
46:49 Hopi Buttes
47:26 San Francisco Volcanic Field
48:53 Outro