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Rio Grande Rift. Guadalupe Mountains. Rio Grande Rift near Albuquerque, N.M. steep normal faults. Normal faults cause gentle ENE dip. Rio Grande Rift near Albuquerque, N.M. Sediment filled allochogen. Domino theory rotation. 20,000 ’. El Capitan . Guadalupe Mountains. subsidence.
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Rio Grande Rift Guadalupe Mountains
Rio Grande Rift near Albuquerque, N.M. steep normal faults
Rio Grande Rift near Albuquerque, N.M. Sediment filled allochogen
Rio Grande Rift Guadalupe Mountains
FACIES Rock mass characteristics that reflect depositional environment.