Incision history of Glenwood Canyon, Colorado, USA, from the uranium-series analyses of water-table speleothems

Incision history of Glenwood Canyon, Colorado, USA, from the uranium-series analyses of water-table speleothems

Uranium-series analyses of water-table-type speleothems from Glenwood Cavern and “cavelets” near the town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA, yield incision rates of the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon for the last ~1.4 My. The incision rates, calculated from dating cave mammillary and cave folia...

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Main Authors: Victor J. Polyak, Harvey R. DuChene, Donald G. Davis, Arthur N. Palmer, Margaret V. Palmer, Yemane Asmerom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of South Florida Libraries 2013-09-01
Series:International Journal of Speleology
Subjects:
incision rate
Colorado River
mammillary
uranium-series
speleothem
folia
Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1754&context=ijs

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