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    An Exhumed Late Paleozoic Canyon in the Rocky Mountains

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    2007
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    Soreghan, Gerilyn S.
    Sweet, Dustin E.
    Marra, Kristen R.
    Eble, Cortland F.
    Soreghan, Michael J.
    Elmore, R. Douglas
    Kaplan, Sara A.
    Blum, Michael D.
    Publisher
    University of Chicago Press
    Type
    Article
    Article Version
    Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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    [The Journal of Geology, 2007, volume 115, p. 473–481] 2007 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. 0022-1376/2007/11504-0006
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    Abstract
    Landscapes are thought to be youthful, particularly those of active orogenic belts. Unaweep Canyon in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, a large gorge drained by two opposite‐flowing creeks, is an exception. Its origin has long been enigmatic, but new data indicate that it is an exhumed late Paleozoic landform. Its survival within a region of profound late Paleozoic orogenesis demands a reassessment of tectonic models for the Ancestral Rocky Mountains, and its form and genesis have significant implications for understanding late Paleozoic equatorial climate. This discovery highlights the utility of paleogeomorphology as a tectonic and climatic indicator.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/1808/21172
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1086/518075
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    Gerilyn S. Soreghan , Dustin E. Sweet , Kristen R. Marra , Cortland F. Eble , Michael J. Soreghan , R. Douglas Elmore , Sara A. Kaplan , and Michael D. Blum , "An Exhumed Late Paleozoic Canyon in the Rocky Mountains," The Journal of Geology 115, no. 4 (July 2007): -. DOI: 10.1086/518075

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