Santa Catalinas and Rincon
Mountains
Roger Weller, geology instructor
wellerr@cochise.edu last edited: 10/11/07
views of the
Santa Catalinas and
Rincon Mountains
view
of Santa Catalinas from the University of Arizona
rock column:
A
folds in Precambrian rocks:
A
B
C
D
E
F
igneous dikes:
A
B
C
D
drag
folds along normal fault
drag folds:
A
B
C
ptygmatic folds:
A
B
xenoliths:
A
rock slide:
A
epidote on a fault surface:
A
B
porphyry: A
mica schist:
A
B
C
gneiss:
A
B
pegmatite:
A
B
C
D
talus produced by ice wedging:
A
hockey stick trees:
A
B
top of the Santa Catalinas:
A
B
C
Mt. Lemmon highway:
A
views of the Northwest side of the Santa Catalinas:
A
B
C
D
forest fire damage:
A
B
snow on the Santa Catalinas:
A
B
C
D
views of Tucson from the Santa Catalinas:
A
Photos are copyright free for
non-commercial educational uses. Just credit photos to R.Weller/Cochise
College.