Reading List - "Valles Caldera: Map..."
Here is a list of books which includes additional information on the Caldera, Jemez Mountains and the Rio Grande Rift.Geologic map of the Jemez Mountains
R. L. Smith, R. A. Bailey and C. S. Ross, U.S. Geologic Survey, Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map, I-571, 1970. The original geologic map of the Jemez Mountains including descriptions of major rock groups and interpreted geologic profiles through the Jemez.
Valle Grande: a History of the Baca Location No. 1
Craig Martin, Los Alamos, New Mexico, All Seasons, 2003. This is probably the most comprehensive history of the Caldera and area.
Valles Caldera: a Geologic History
Frazer Goff, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 2009. The most recent book on the Caldera, explaining the geologic history... with
many fine color photographs and graphics.
many fine color photographs and graphics.
Valles Caldera: a Vision for New Mexico's National Preserve
William deBuys & Don J. Usner, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Museum of New Mexico Press, 2006. This book contains many beautiful photographs of the Caldera.
Volcanic and hydrothermal evolutions of the Valles Caldera and the Jemez volcanic field
F. Goff , et al, from "Field Excursions to Volcanic Terranes in the Western United States, Volume I, Southern Rocky Mountains", New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Memoir 46, pp 381-434, 1989. An excellent technical publication on the Valles Caldera and Jemez Mountains.