Middle Pleistocene formation of the Rio Grande Gorge, San Luis Valley, south-central Colorado and north-central New Mexico, USA: Process, timing, and downstream implications

Middle Pleistocene formation of the Rio Grande Gorge, San Luis Valley, south-central Colorado and north-central New Mexico, USA: Process, timing, and downstream implications

The Rio Grande is the fourth longest river in North America extending over 3,000 km from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico. The Pleistocene evolution of this river from individual subbasins into a coalesced fluvial system has been long debated. Herein, we constrain the middle Pleistocene evo...

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Main Authors: Goehring, B.M (Author), Hudson, A.M (Author), Miggins, D.P (Author), Paces, J.B (Author), Ruleman, C.A (Author), Thompson, R.A (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2019
Subjects:
3He surface exposure dating
Atlantic Ocean
bedrock
Catchments
Colorado
dating method
drainage basin
geomorphology
Geomorphology
Glacial geology
Gulf of Mexico
Jatropha cardiophylla
Lake Alamosa
Lakes
Landforms
Mexico [North America]
New Mexico
Pleistocene
Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary
recharge
Rio Grande
Rivers
Rocky Mountains
San Juan Basin [Mexico]
San Luis Valley
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
shoreline
Stream flow
streamflow
Surface exposure dating
Tectonics
Timing circuits
tributary
United States
U-series dating
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