Product Details
- Product Number
- 112995
- Series
- FS-02-024
- Scale
- NO SCALE
- Alternate ID
- FS02402
- Authors
- WENDELL A DUFFIELD
- Version Date
- 01/01/2002
- Regions
- AZ
- Countries
- USA
- Media
- Paper
- Format
- Folded
Additional Details
- Description
- Red Mountain, located in the Coconino National Forest of northern Arizona, 25 miles northwest of Flagstaff, is a volcanic cinder cone that rises 1,000 feet above the surrounding landscape. It is unusual in having the shape of a "U," open to the west, and in lacking the symmetrical shape of most cinder cones. In addition, a large natural amphitheater cuts into the cone's northeast flank. Erosional pillars called "hoodoos" decorate the amphitheater, and many dark mineral crystals erode out of its walls. Studies by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Northern Arizona University scientists suggest that Red Mountain formed in eruptions about 740,000 years ago.
- Languages
- English
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