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GPH 211 - GEOMORPHOLOGY
MODULE SIX - GRAND CANYON

Grand Canyon Stop 10 of 10


Grand Canyon Stop 10 of 10

  • Location Description - We are outside of Needles, CA along the Colorado River.  We're visiting a basin that existed prior to the arrival of the Colorado River about ~5-6 million years ago.  Scientists argue whether the basin was part of an extended Gulf of California, or part of a network of basins that temporarily filled in with water forming a series of lakes following the arrival of the Colorado River.  Which is it...

 

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