Dr. Ron Blakey, Professor Emeritus NAU Geology
UPDATE!! Revised maps!! Additional maps!!
Additional maps not on this website as well as map revisions and updates are available at
Colorado Plateau Geosystems Website
Introduction
The goals of this home page are to provide the following:
1. An introduction to my work: Geology of the Colorado Plateau and Global and Regional Paleogeography
2. An overview of the sedimentary geology on the Colorado Plateau
3. A general list of references, including NAU MS theses, to the Colorado Plateau
4. Up-to-date data on sedimentary rocks of the Colorado Plateau
5. Views of the ancient Earth: Plate tectonic and continental drift reconstructions of the Late Precambrian and Phanerozoic including detailed paleogeography of Southwestern North America. Please Note: The maps on this site will no longer be revised nor will new maps be added; my available web space on the NAU server is nearly used up so I have initiated a new website at
Colorado Plateau Geosystems Website
The new website will become the location where I post new and revised maps. The present NAU site will continue to have its existing library of maps as many instructors and students have bookmarked the site and many maps have been formally cited in the geologic literature. I encourage new citations and links to use the new site
Colorado Plateau Geosystems Website
6. Links to other geology sites on the WWW
Information on my new book, ANCIENT LANDSCAPES OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU by Ron Blakey and Wayne Ranney. Click here for information about this book: merchant
Sedimentary Rocks on the Colorado Plateau
The Colorado Plateau is one of the World's great show places for sedimentary
rocks. Precambrian and all Phanerozoic periods except Ordovician and Silurian
are represented. Especially well exposed are Permian through Jurassic
sedimentary rocks that were deposited in mostly tropical desert sedimentary
environments. These sedimentary rocks provide the focal point for the
greatest concentration of National Parks in the World. The Grand Staircase,
the southwestern escarpment of the Colorado Plateau, exposes one of the
finest and most complete sedimentary sections anywhere!
Studies on the Plateau involve numerous NAU Geology faculty and their
students. Hundreds of publications and dozens of MS theses have resulted
from these studies.
A list, by stratigraphic age, of NAU MS Theses that deal with Sedimentary Geology
Navigation
The navigation of this site is divided into six parts, seen readily at the top and bottom of this page; a brief summary of each part follows:
Home -- the present page
Global Paleogeography -- Paleogeographc maps that cover the entire Earth in Rectangular, Mollweide (oval), and Orthographic (spherical) projections
Regional Paleogeography -- Paleogeographic maps that focus on various regions of Earth
Colorado Plateau -- Geology of the Colorado Plateau including strat columns, facies and isopach maps, and other goodies
Geology Illustrated -- mostly photos and cross sections -- features nice coastal photos
Publications -- My list of publications, how to get some PDF's, and other miscellaneous stuff.
This page was last updated March, 2011, by:
Ron Blakey (email Ron Blakey)
Department of Geology (NAU Geology Web Page ), Box 4099
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
