Rock Canyon in Utah

Gemma Morrison Mr. Replogle Honors Earth and Space Science 7 December 2016 Bryce Canyon Bryce Canyon National Park is a one of a kind, grand formation located in southern Utah, east of neighboring Zion National Park and north of Grand Canyon National Park. All three of these parks share a place on the Colorado Plateau but Bryce is the only one to feature natural hoodoos, extensive wildlife, and an environment prime for any person to surround themselves with the artwork of mother nature. Ever since

been formed throughout the varying periods of time. The article “The Grand Age of Rocks” walks us through the two main areas of dating I.e. “Relative Dating” and “Absolute Dating”. These two differences are important to understand as we seek to identify just how long the earth has been around. In the article geologist looked at the Grand Canyon for information pertaining to the earth’s age. The walls of the canyon are a living record of time. It was fascinating to see the layers and then to begin

Bingham Canyon was settled in 1848 by the Bingham brothers, Thomas and Sanford, who were ranchers with no mining experience. It has come along way since the Bingham brothers started mining in Bingham Canyon. Today the mine is 2¾ miles across at the top and ¾ of a mile deep. You could stack two Sears Towers (now known as the Willis building), on top of each other and still not reach the top of the mine. About 30 to 40 million years ago, molten, metal-bearing rock deep within the earth’s crust began

An Enigmatic People and Their Rock Art Archaeologists often rely on material traits to define culture groups. In the Southwest, one such group, the Fremont culture, has to a large degree defied classification. Inhabiting an expansive territory in the northern reaches of the Southwest, the Fremont sometimes look archaeologically very similar to their neighbors, the Anasazi, and to groups living on the Plains and in the Great Basin. The origin and eventual demise of the Fremont culture has

Cottonwood Canyon is a site bursting with geological history, rock formations earthquake potential on the fault, prehistoric glacial formations, landslides, and many hazards associated with it. The Wasatch fault is bound to have a enormous earthquake in the future and has left behind numerous scars. The mountains have been engraved by glacial formations dated back to the Ice Age (~14,000 years ago). Rock falls and landslides have left hefty boulders as indication of erosion and moisture in the rocks. The

Native American tribes that were inhabitants of northwest Colorado and northeast Utah. This land of dinosaurs is where the Dinosaur National Monument is situated, featuring fossilized bone found embedded in rocks. This U.S National Monument is located on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green a Yampa, and comprises 210,000 acres (325 square miles) of mountains, desert and untamed and deep canyons of spectacular geological formations. There are some 800 paleontological sites

Equipped with my phone and earbuds, my family and I were ready for our venture west. We were all eager to go; none of us had been to any of these attractions before--Sedona, Arizona, the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Utah, Colorado--and all of the states we drove through. My parents were in the front and in the back my sister and I were excited for the long drive we had ahead of us. The trip was going to be fun for all of us because we would have some family time together and also get a grasp on the

explain what is meant by “an asymmetry between rapid downcutting and slow widening resulted in the GC rather than a more typical……river valley.” Canyon widening is held back by the region’s dry climate. Although violent storms may send flash floods gouging down narrow side canyons, the lack of steady moisture has created a stark landscape of mostly naked rock. 9. explain the difference between a montane meadow and an upland subalpine grassland and tell where they would be found at the GC. They’re rare

The Capital Reef National Park is located in south/central Utah, and is part of the great Colorado Plateau. An area of 378 square miles, the Capital Reef National Park is just one of many national parks located near the four corners (Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico). Like it was mentioned in the prompt, most of the rock formation in the Capital Reef is very similar to that of the other national parks, however, there is one geologic feature in particular that attributes to its uniqueness. Other

Arizona became the 48th state February 14, 1912. This state is very populated. It has over 5 million people. Arizona has something that is known as the four corners. One person can be in four states at one time. You can stand in Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico. Arizona leads the nation in copper production. The amount of copper on the roof of the capitol building is equivalent to 4,800,000 pennies. In 1953 after the copper mines closed there was as few as 50 people in Arizona. The Palo verde