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	IUP Geoscience Virtual Field Trip 1999 -- Valle Grande Caldera
		Valle Grande Caldera is located on Route 4 West in New Mexico.
		This is the Valle Grande Caldera which is a collapsed magma chamber of a once active volcano.
		Ok - The springs are the remnants of the heat from the volcano that formed the Valle Grande.
	www.iup.edu /fieldtrip/vallegrande.html (1034 words)

	Valle Grande - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Valle Grande, known to geologists as the Valles Caldera and the Jemez Caldera, is a scenic area in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico in the United States.
		Until recently, it was part of the Baca Ranch, property of the Dunigan family; however, the owners sold the surface estate of 95,000 acres (380 km²) and seven-eighths of the geothermal mineral estate to the federal government, which is trying to find a way to let the public enjoy the land without spoiling it.
		The circular topographic expression of the Valles caldera measures 22 kilometers (14 miles) in diameter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Valle_Grande (510 words)

	NPR : In New Mexico, a Land Management 'Experiment'
		A forested lava dome in the midst of the Valle Grande, the largest meadow in the Valles Caldera preserve.
		From the Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico, NPR's Howard Berkes reports on an unprecedented experiment that could be used on public land elsewhere.
		Valles Caldera is a 90,000-acre volcanic bowl, with scenic overlooks Berkes says "seem like the top of the world." William deBuys, chairman of the Valles Caldera Trust, calls it "a hardworking landscape...
	www.npr.org /programs/morning/features/2002/sept/vallescaldera/index.html (915 words)

	Valle Grande - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Valle Grande (Va-lye Gra-n-de), also known as the Valles Caldera, is a pristine area in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico in the United States.
		It is the younger of two calderas in the region, having collapsed over and buried the Toledo Caldera (which might have collapsed over yet older calderas.) These two large eruptions took place 1.4 million and 1 million years ago.
		The upper Bandalier tuff is believed to have been deposited during eruption and collapse of the Valles Caldera.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Valle_Grande (312 words)

	VALLE GRANDE, Formation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A 120-150 meters thick sequence of varicolored marls with thin interlayers of glauconitic limestone and calcareous sandstone, exposed in Valle Grande, east of Cumanacoa, Sucre, was mapped by E. Rod (1952) as Valle Grande formation.
		The Valle Grande formation is held to be a distinctive facies embracing parts of the Borracha and Chimana formations.
		The Valle Grande formation is recognized between the region of Rio Juanillo-Valle Grande, east of Acarigua (Cumanacoa), and Cariaco-Catuaro, Sucre.
	www.pdvsa.com /lexico/1edic/v4ii.htm (294 words)

	News & Opinion: Touring the Baca (Weekly Alibi . 12-14-98)
		It is the Valle Grande, a stunningly huge valley formed 1.2 million years ago when a giant volcano erupted and collapsed.
		There is no other impulse when you see the Valle Grande but to stop and get out of the car, stand on the side of the road and stare out at it in silent wonder.
		And like it is with children and snow banks, you want to rush onto the Valle Grande and romp and play in its grass and roll on its ground and walk around it and feel its power.
	weeklywire.com /ww/12-14-98/alibi_feat1.html (413 words)

	The Jemez Mountains and the Sierra de los Valles
		Cerro Toledo Rhyolite and Valle Grande Rhyolite, while present in large nodule sizes, often have devitrified spherulites in the glass, so more careful selection had to be made in prehistory.
		Valle Grande Rhyolite obsidian nodules photographed by Boyer and Robinson collected along San Antonio Creek in the caldera (1956:337).
		Valle Grande Rhyolite obsidian exhibits a fabric that seems to be a combination of El Rechuelos and Cerro Toledo.
	www.swxrflab.net /jemez.htm (1991 words)

	valle grande obsidian (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Retracing, on a map, the route to the Valle Grande Ranch Obsidian locality, I found that the obsidian occurs on the northern end of the hill known as Cerro del Medio.
		The youngest volcanic formation in the Jemez is the Banco Bonito obsidian flow, another of the lava upwellings along the fractures of the Valles Caldera.
		It is exposed in roadcuts along highway 4, between the LaCueva picnic ground and the Valle Grande.
	www.agmc.info /valle_grande_obsidian.htm (318 words)

	Serebella Contents Valle Grande---Valtajeros (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.
		Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception.
		Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/contains-456723-456770-Valle_Grande-Valtajeros.html (255 words)

	Valle Grande (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With nearly 40 deep cores resulting in extensive subsurface data the Valles is the best explored caldera complex in the United States.
		The circular expression of the Valles caldera measures 22 (14 miles) in diameter.
		The Jemez Volcanic including the calderas lies above the intersection the Rio Grande Rift which runs north-south through New Mexico the Jemez Lineament which extends from southeastern Arizona northeast to the westernmost part of Oklahoma.
	www.freeglossary.com /Valle_Caldera_National_Preserve (450 words)

	Opus Dei - Attività sociali - Istituto Rurale “Valle Grande”
		I corsi intensivi di frutticoltura, allevamento di bovini, orticoltura, viticoltura, apicoltura, ecc., che si svolgono nella sede di Valle Grande, includono il vitto e l’alloggio per i partecipanti che provengono da località lontane.
		Da lì gli ingegneri e i tecnici di Valle Grande possono svolgere il loro lavoro di formazione e di assistenza tecnica arrivando fino sull’altipiano, a 4.800 metri sul livello del mare.
		Valle Grande può contare su 18 esperti, 12 tecnici, 11 operai a tempo pieno e 5 esperti, 18 tecnici e 40 collaboratori a tempo parziale.
	www.opusdei.it /art.php?w=22&p=5892 (630 words)

	Fort Tours \| Northern Albuquerque New Mexico Historical Markers
		The spot, exposed to flooding, was poorly suited for farming, and today the residents live on their farms along the Rio Grande instead of the pueblo, which is used as a ceremonial site.
		Minor volumes of magma, leaking to the surface as recently as 50,000 years ago, formed the dome-like hills between you and the skyline to the north, which is the opposite wall of the enormous Valles Caldera.
		Often called "the world's largest crater," Valle Grande is actually a giant caldera, formed a million years ago when a series of volcanoes collapsed, and whole mountains were engulfed forming the great valley below this highway.
	www.forttours.com /pages/hmnalbnm.asp (1364 words)

	Portrait parlé de la prison Valle Grande / APSIC - Cuba News / Noticias by CubaNet News Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		«Valle Grande est une prison de transit, soit de prisonniers qui attendent un jugement.
		Au prisonnier on doit donner tout ce qui est nécessaire pour son séjour dans le pénitencier, depuis un drap jusqu'à une couverture, là il n'y a rien de cela, le prisonnier de Valle Grande doit payer son séjour dans cet endroit », précise Alvarez Ramos.
		« Il y a un seul dentiste pour tout Valle Grande, dont la population pénale est de presque 3 mille prisonniers, mais il y a des gens là qui depuis des mois et des mois attendent qu'on leur arrache ou leur plombe une dent, il y a un manque de calmants et d'antibiotiques.
	www.cubanet.org /french/y01/feb01/02f7.htm (1003 words)

	Velo Valle Grande
		The Valle Grande is now a national nature preserve with guided tours that require reservations.
		NM4 east of the Valle Grande Overlooks climbs into ponderosa forest and continues on to Bandelier National Monument and then on to Los Alamos.
		The Valle Grande is now the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
	www.swcp.com /~nmts/rides/veloValleGrande.htm (868 words)

	[pbs] Second trip to Bolivia, part 1
		From Valle Grande I had to return to the Samaipata-Aiquile road because excessive rain did not allow me to go any further into the Andes on unpaved roads without bridges.
		In Valle Grande there were also some washed out pink flowered Bomareas growing in the hedges along the road.
		In the Samaipata area which is much drier than Valle Grande there is mixed secondary deciduus scrub and Cacti and the owner of one of the Hotels in Samaipata has a small cactus nursery dispaying many common "imported" cacti but also some of the interesting local ones.
	lists.ibiblio.org /pipermail/pbs/2003-May/013956.html (991 words)

	Argentina Jujuy Valle Grande Argentina
		Facing it stands Bañado hill, the Pozo Cavado Mountain is to the north and the Campo Grande slopes to the south.
		The mountains and woods of Valle Grande are an ideal place for camping, trekking and passage walking.
		Another places to visit in the area are the old mill, the De La Loza waterfalls, Valle Colorado, and the archaeological ruins of Alto Calilegua and the Santa Ana's mines or caves.
	www.enjoy-argentina.org /jujuy-destinations-jujuy-valle-grande.php (396 words)

	Valles Caldera
		The one million-year-old Valles Caldera (15-mi diameter) is the centerpiece of the Jemez Volcanic Field in North Central New Mexico.
		Authorizing legislation, called the Valles Caldera Preservation Act, H.R., passed the House and Senate and was signed by President Clinton on July 25, 2000.
		The newly created Valles Caldera National Preserve is managed by a board of trustees appointed by the president and will be opened to the public within two years.
	homepage.mac.com /davidneal (330 words)

	Río Negro Online / opinión
		En Valle Grande sólo quedaron los recuerdos de aquella invasión de periodistas, investigadores y curiosos que hicieron famoso el pueblo por unos días y una fosa donde permaneció por décadas ocultos los restos de la rebeldía.
		Valle Grande no es muy diferente de cualquier otra pequeña ciudad del oriente de Bolivia.
		A diferencia de Valle Grande, la imagen del Comandante está presente en cada rincón de la pequeña localidad.
	www.rionegro.com.ar /arch200310/o15j02.html (603 words)

	Virtual Hiking in New Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Valle Grande a 15 mile diameter Valles Caldera.
		This is the remains of a volcano that erupted 1.4 million years ago, forming the surrounding mountains before collapsing into the valley that it is now.
		John points out that if you want to get to the most popular hot springs you follow State Road 4 past the Valle Grande, and take the left turn when you get to the place where the road splits.
	www.ppsa.com /graphics/t19/t19b.html (280 words)

	Agriturismi RIFUGIO VALLE GRANDE - Agriturismo RIFUGIO VALLE GRANDE - Agriturismo Abruzzo Agriturismi RIFUGIO VALLE ...
		Natura, benessere ed elegante relax vi attendono nella Country House "Rifugio Valle Grande" incastonata in uno splendido scenario, nel Parco Nazionale dei Monti della Laga, nel cuore dell'Abruzzo.
		Ai piedi del monte Queglia, circondato da vallate e boschi, in un' oasi di rara bellezza sorge il nostro gioiello di ospitalità: Rifugio Valle Grande.
		Rifugio Valle Grande è un'alternativa stimolante ai soliti agriturismo, per una vacanza di qualità, volta a risvegliare i cinque sensi attraverso una bellezza quasi incredibile della natura circostante e a una cura estrema dei dettagli.
	www.agricamping.it /Agriturismo/AB.nsf/Struttura/IT-AGR-PE-ANE?OpenDocument (154 words)

	EES Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In mid-May and late November, scientists from the Valles Caldera National Preserve, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the United States Geological Survey and the University of New Mexico, with funding from the USGS, LANL, and the National Science Foundation will plumb the depths of the preserve to remove two core samples.
		Early morning visitors who see the Valle Grande shrouded in layers of mist or cloud may sometimes imagine the surface of a lake surrounded by wooded hillsides.
		The Valles Caldera Trust oversees the Valles Caldera National Preserve, formerly the privately owned "Baca Ranch." The 88,900 acre property is located in the Jemez Mountains in northern New Mexico.
	ees5-www.lanl.gov /archive_index/2005/index_3-05.shtml (935 words)

	Ways & Means: Grass Banking
		The conservation goals of the Valle Grande Grass Bank (VGGB) are similar to the MBG's, but are here translated from private grazing lands to public grazing lands.
		Both the Malpai and the Valle Grande grass banks have been successful in meeting their stated conservation goals.
		The Valle Grande grass bank cooperators have implemented rehabilitation treatments, including thinning and prescribed fire, on seven different grazing allotments on the Carson and Santa Fe national forests.
	www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org /waysandmeans/grassbanking.html (1921 words)

	A Journey to Santa Fe (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It looks like a meteor (or a space ship)crash-landed here, but as the sign says, "Often called 'the world's largest crater' Valle Grande is actually a giant caldera formed a million years ago when a series of volcanoes collapsed, and whole mountains were engulfed, forming the great valley below this highway."
		The sign may look ancient, but the damage was actually caused by the terrible wildfires New Mexico endured just a short time before.
		Valle Grande is owned by the federal government and is currently off limits to everyone except Park Rangers.
	www.angelfire.com /nh/harvardgirl/eight.html (186 words)

	Scientists explore the early history of the Valle Grande: Los Alamos National Laboratory
		Beginning today, Laboratory scientists, along with scientists from the Valles Caldera National Preserve, the United States Geological Survey and the University of New Mexico will begin the first of two drilling projects in the Valle Grande to remove two core samples.
		The goal of the project is to better understand the ancient history of the Valle Grande.
		A second project to extract a smaller core sample of about 40 feet is being planned for this fall in the Alamo Bog area on the west side of the preserve.
	www.lanl.gov /news/index.php/fuseaction/nb.story/story_id/5143 (433 words)

	ABQjournal: Easy Trail Introduces Hikers to Valles Caldera
		Waiting to give visitors a free and user-friendly introduction to the preserve is the recently opened Valle Grande Trail, a short, easy-walking trail that provides hikers a great feel for the area's impressive forest-and-meadow terrain.
		The trail's destination is the meadow of the Valle Grande, where hikers are rewarded with a view that stretches for miles into the distance.
		Many years ago, the trail was a wagon road, a forerunner of N.M. Scraped from the thin soil and volcanic rock of the mountain, the old road was barely wide enough for a narrow-boxed wagon.
	www.abqjournal.com /go/trails/57988go07-03-03.htm (433 words)

	Storia di Valle Camonica(BS)Amici della Natura
		SHELTER OF ANGELO BOZZI (m 2478) in Valle di Viso, between Punta di Montozzo and Punta d’Albiolo.
		BIVOUAC “SAVERIO OCCHI” (m 2050) is at the bottom of Val Grande in the locality of “Plas del l’asen”.
		Located at the beginning ofthe Valle Marne, at the foot of the northern flank ofthe Corno di Grevo.
	www.voli.bs.it /gian/storia/vcamonica/engl/nature.htm (1237 words)

	Valle Grande National Preserve
		Remember getting into the car that night at work and seeing the smoke from the fires....pretty grim feeling.
		Valle Grande is the ancient caldera of a volcano (note the cinder cone in the above picture).
		When it belched millions of years ago it blew its top off (literally) and spewed volcanic material over this section of the country, giving the soil differing characteristics and coloration (the source of the pink tuft that Indians dug caves in at the monument).
	home.att.net /~s.a.steelman/id17.htm (491 words)

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