Heaving-Bedrock Hazards, Mitigation, and Land-Use Policy - Front Range Piedmont, CO

Heaving-Bedrock Hazards, Mitigation,
and Land-Use Policy:
Front Range Piedmont, Colorado

DAVID C. NOE
Colorado Geological Survey, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 715, Denver, CO 80203


	FIGURE 4: Stratigraphic column of Upper Cretaceous and younger rocks in the greater Denver area (modified from LeRoy, 1955). Heaving bedrock occurs in all of the Upper Cretaceous formations where they are steeply dipping, on the flank of the Front Range uplift. The Pierre Shale is the most important formation with respect to heaving bedrock occurrence and damage. (Back To "Heaving Bedrock")

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Heaving-Bedrock Hazards, Mitigation, and Land-Use Policy: Front Range Piedmont, Colorado

Heaving-Bedrock Hazards, Mitigation,
and Land-Use Policy:
Front Range Piedmont, Colorado