A free lecture on Sandia Mountains and the Rio Grande Rift with Les McFadden
An Overview of the Geologic History of the Sandia Mountains and the Rio Grande Rift
When
Apr 12, 2025
02:00 PM
-
04:00 PM
Where
Open Space Visitor Center
6500 Coors Blvd NW
Albuquerque,
NM
87120
505-768-4951
Description
The focus of a June 2024 presentation in the Open Space program was the development of the landforms of the Sandia mountain front that developed over the last 30 million years to as recently as the last few thousand years. presentation delves more deeply into the geologic evolution of the Sandia Mts. and much of the U.S. Southwest over the last 1.4 billion years that culminates in the development of the "Rio Grande Rift" and the Sandia Mountains uplift.
Price
Free
A black and white photo of a storm hovering over the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque. Photo credit: Bill Pentler
Contact
Dionne Epps, Visitor Center Manager
505-768-4951
or
Dial 311 (505-768-2000)