Rise of the Colorado Plateau: A Synthesis of Paleoelevation Constraints From the Region and a Path Forward Using Temperature-Based Elevation Proxies

The Colorado Plateau’s complex landscape has motivated over a century of debate, key to which is understanding the timing and processes of surface uplift of the greater Colorado Plateau region, and its interactions with erosion, drainage reorganization, and landscape evolution. Here, we evaluate wha...

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Main Authors: Emma O. Heitmann, Ethan G. Hyland, Philip Schoettle-Greene, Cassandra A. P. Brigham, Katharine W. Huntington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2021.648605/full