Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted May 22, 2008 Made about four trips to Tucson this past month, have been there many times before but those hills you cut through have got to be some of the most interesting formations around. If you are at dripping springs turnoff headed towards Globe it looks like the hillside got tilted something fierce. Anybody have any of the geological information about what they suspect is the cause of that country. I don't see any volcanic rock so it must be a meeting place for plates underneath, but I don't really hear any tells of earthquake activity around there. One of these days I'm gonna climb that mountain........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted May 22, 2008 All those mtns between wklman and Globe are some of my favorites. I am always amazed at the amount of force it must have taken to bend those lines of rock in some areas. I don't have the info as to how it all happened, but would love to know. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted May 22, 2008 There is Gold in that country I know that. So it had to have some kind of heat along with the plates coming together. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted May 22, 2008 Amanda, I was counting in you......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted May 22, 2008 Sorry....I guess i better jump on it and find out. I just always figured it was plate action underneath that pushed the ridges up. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted May 22, 2008 I'm guessing you are right, it is just such an awesome site, plus I thought maybe somebody on here has done some kicking up there...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
War7664 Report post Posted May 22, 2008 They're the result of faulting, one plate being driven underneth the other. They're probably still growing taller. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rembrant Report post Posted May 22, 2008 Saw a show on TV recently with a geologist feller saying that at the south end of the Coconino plateau, where it breaks off as the Mogollon Rim, used to be very large mountains, like some 12000 elev. He said the continent from that point sort of broke off and stretched back towards southern California and all the big mountains broke apart and fell down (would kinda explain the tilted Mescals). The stretched out part is the sonoran and mohave deserts and the un-stretched land still remains as it was and consists of the Coconino plateau and all the plateau land into New Mexico, Utah, Colorado and beyond. Scientific theory, of course, but it works for me. Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
