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Why Is Denver a Mile High
Geological Society of America ^
| 3/5/2015
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Posted on 03/25/2015 7:05:19 PM PDT by JimSEA
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Uplifts have long bothered geologists. This sounds like at least a partial answer.
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:05:20 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: JimSEA
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:06:13 PM PDT
by
zeebee
To: JimSEA
Why Is Denver a Mile High Medicinal Pot is legal there
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:06:55 PM PDT
by
Cowman
(How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
To: zeebee
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:07:16 PM PDT
by
halo66
To: JimSEA
water trapped deep below Earths crust may have flooded the lower crust Ahhhhhhhhhhh. The fountains of the deep. I suppose if such vast water reserves were to break free they might even carve out the grand canyon in a surprisingly short amount of time. Perhaps these fountains of the deep might explain a great many things. I'm glad the geologists are finally coming around.
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:08:57 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Victim" -- some people eagerly take on the label because of the many advantages that come with it.)
To: Cowman
Recreational pot is legal there. Unfortunately
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:09:27 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Shrub Scouts, root them out and make them whine)
To: JimSEA
Its like flooding Colorado from below, Jones said.
I still believe it was flooded from above.
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:09:45 PM PDT
by
boycott
To: GeronL
Hmm... I wonder if I could get a Mcdonalds franchise next to a head shop...
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:12:31 PM PDT
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Cowman
(How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
To: JimSEA
“About 70 million years ago, eastern Colorado, southeastern Wyoming, western Kansas, and western Nebraska were near sea level. Since then, the region rose about 2 kilometers, leading to some head scratching at geology conferences.
“ How do they know that? Was it exactly 70 million to the day, or a few million years? How was that measured? “Curious minds want to know.”
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:14:58 PM PDT
by
Fungi
(Evolution: no science, no truth, no nothing. Full of faith, faith in the "god" of chance.)
To: JimSEA
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:15:25 PM PDT
by
Teacher317
(We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
To: JimSEA
Why is Denver a mile high?
Because it is...roughly.
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:23:59 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(WSC: The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end...)
To: Cowman
Not McDonalds...Crispy Creme.
Believe me. I know.
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:24:56 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(WSC: The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end...)
To: JimSEA
Because someone else already reserved the two mile high level.
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:24:57 PM PDT
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: JimSEA
When I lived in Western Kansas the elevation was around 2100 feet, probably a bit higher. That is as high as some of the smaller mountains in the East.
I bet the Eastern Colorado plains is a bit higher.
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:29:01 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: Fungi
Dating of levels of volcanic ash overlaying sedimentary rocks.
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:30:07 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: yarddog
Sounds as if the same hydration of the lower crust, making it lighter might well be at least one cause.
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:33:21 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: yarddog
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:37:34 PM PDT
by
okie01
To: okie01
My home county in Florida is Walton County. It has a place near the Alabama line which is 345 feet. That is the highest point in Florida not counting buildings, towers etc.
It is surprisingly hilly in the area and in fact there are places near me also in Walton, county which are also very rolling.
Far more contour than the Kansas Plains which are far higher elevation wise.
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:44:59 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: okie01
Now that's funny.
Do they use climbing gear to get to the top?
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:55:55 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: JimSEA
No one really knows how the High Plains got so high Cheers!
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posted on
03/25/2015 7:57:05 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
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