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See also: Muddy Mountains.

Valley of Fire is Nevada's oldest and largest state park, dedicated 1935. The valley derives its name from the red sandstone formations and the stark beauty of the Mojave Desert. Ancient trees and early man are represented throughout the park by areas of petrified wood and 3,000 year-old Indian petroglyph. Popular activities include camping, hiking, picnicking and photography.

Flodin and Aydin (2004) employed a field-based approach to study an ancient fault network developed in Aztec Sandstone now exposed at the surface in the Valley of Fire State Park in the Northern Muddy Mountains of southern Nevada (Valley-of-Fire). The purpose of this paper was to extend conceptual models of faults formed along preexisting weaknesses and to explain the evolution of the strike-slip fault network that occurs in the Aztec Sandstone.

Articles that refer to this location:

• Nevada State Route 169: Valley Of Fire State Park, West Boundary;  Valley Of Fire State Park, East Boundary; 

Literature Referring To This Location:

• Eichhubl, Peter, W. Lansing Taylor, David D. Pollard, and Atilla Aydin. 2004. Paleo-fluid flow and deformation in the Aztec Sandstone at Valley of Fire, Nevada -- Evidence for the coupling of hydrologic, diagenetic, and tectonic processes. GSA Bulletin. 116(9/10):1120-1136. {TAS-pdf}
• Flodin, Eric A., and Atilla Aydin. 2004. Evolution of a strike-slip fault network, Valley of Fire State Park, southern Nevada. GSA Bulletin. 116(1/2):42-59. {TAS-pdf}

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Date and time this article was prepared:7:39:47 PM, 12/9/2024.