Geologic history of arizona

    • [DOC File]Ch - Northern Arizona University

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      3. They believed Earth to be a very young planet. Accepting such a brief geologic history forced them to explain Earth's evolution in terms of many, rapid, short-term, catastrophic events. Stupendous natural features like the Grand Canyon, mountain ranges, the polar ice caps, the oceans, etc., had to …

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    • [DOC File]GEOLOGY OF ARIZONA

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      Minerals and Geologic Resources of Arizona. We know that Arizona is named the “Copper State”. The main reason for this is that extensive volcanism to the south and southeastern parts of the state have allowed deposits of copper and subsequent fluids and oxidation to create a …

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    • [DOC File]Mrs. Kaser's Science Page

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      By correlating the rocks from one place to another, it is possible to create a more complete view of the geologic history of a region. Figure 8 on page 341, for example, shows the correlation of strata at three sites on the Colorado Plateau in southern Utah and northern Arizona. No single location contains the entire sequence.

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    • [DOC File]Plants of the Sonoran Desert - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

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      For most of geologic history, the Sonoran desert was a large, flat plate that was periodically inundated by seas, leaving large sedimentary rock deposits. About 25 million years ago, the Pacific coast of North America got hooked to a new tectonic plate and started moving northwest (this new plate is found west of the San Andreas fault, the ...

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    • [DOC File]GLG 103: Intro to Geology 1: Laboratory

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      13 Geology and Landscapes of Arizona. 7 Reconstructing the Geologic History of Painted Canyon. 14 Badwater and Fossils of the Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau. Grades: Grades are assigned based on points you earn by (1) attending and completing the labs, (2) completing lab quizzes, (3) turning in worksheets at the end of each lab, and (4) a ...

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    • [DOC File]Arizona State University

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      Geologists make geologic maps and reconstruct geologic history by making observations about. Characteristics of the rocks and how the rock was formed (red conglomerate with rounded cobbles of granite; deposited by river flowing to the west) Contacts between rock units (whether a …

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