| Young saguaros inhabit higher elevation Pleistocene Verde River terraces while bands of riparian vegetation, including many Cottonwood and Sycamore trees, line the active Verde River channel. The channel wall in the background comprises moderately to strongly consolidated Oligo-Miocene conglomerate and sandstone deposited in basins during and after late Tertiary faulting. (Photo by Joe Cook)
For Holocene geologic mapping and report of the Verde River and its tributaries, see Cook, J.P. and others, 2010, Mapping of Holocene River Alluvium along the Verde River, Central Arizona. http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/999
