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Quaternary Evolution Of The Colorado River At Lees Ferry, Arizona, William Scott Cragun
Quaternary Evolution Of The Colorado River At Lees Ferry, Arizona, William Scott Cragun
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
A well-exposed suite of Colorado River fill terraces preserved at Lees Ferry records the oscillating history of this major river superimposed on its overall downcutting of the Colorado Plateau. Detailed mapping, sedimentology, cross-sectional surveys, and the use of two geochronometers have been used in order to establish a detailed chronostratigraphy for the area. Eight distinct deposits have been identified along the Colorado River (Ml -M7, and S3), and four deposits have been identified along the Paria River (Pl -P4).
Geochronology of six of these deposits using optically stimulated luminescence and cosmogenic 10Be exposure techniques indicates a long-term average bedrock …