Uplifts have long bothered geologists. This sounds like at least a partial answer.
1 posted on
03/25/2015 7:05:20 PM PDT by
JimSEA
To: JimSEA
2 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
3 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: JimSEA
water trapped deep below Earth’s 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.
5 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: JimSEA
“It’s like flooding Colorado from below,” Jones said.
I still believe it was flooded from above.
7 posted on
03/25/2015 7:09:45 PM PDT by
boycott
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.”
9 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
10 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.
11 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: JimSEA
Because someone else already reserved the two mile high level.
13 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.
14 posted on
03/25/2015 7:29:01 PM PDT by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: JimSEA
No one really knows how the High Plains got so high
Cheers!
20 posted on
03/25/2015 7:57:05 PM PDT by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: JimSEA
Beats me, man...
21 posted on
03/25/2015 8:00:38 PM PDT by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: JimSEA
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They’re too busy denying the Genesis catastrophe to figure out any of these simple and obvious things.
It was 4500 years ago, not 75 million or billion or any of their fantasies.
Pangaea was broken up by volcanic eruptions, and hot water surged up through the cracks killing everything in the Earth.
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29 posted on
03/25/2015 8:53:48 PM PDT by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: JimSEA
So, the Ogalala aquifer came from the earth’s mantle?
32 posted on
03/25/2015 8:58:52 PM PDT by
cookcounty
("Random Citizen:" ...ObamaSpeak for "Christian.")
To: JimSEA
Aren’t the Great Plains just the alluvium shed from the Rockies? I am not sure what their quandary is. Do they want a repeat of the Cretaceous seaway?
To: JimSEA
Some time ago I read an article that said the Wind River range in WY used to be 60,000' tall? WOW! I wonder what THAT would look like when driving from the east, or how far away you could see them?
To: JimSEA
Why Is Denver a Mile High?
It's trying to get away from Kansas.
To: JimSEA
56 posted on
03/25/2015 9:41:16 PM PDT by
dalereed
To: JimSEA
Maybe they could take a moment and explain why so many idiots think that Denver is the highest point in Colorado.
I’ve been asked that on more than one occasion, and it scrambles my brain every time. Something about the slogan “Mile High City” makes people think it is more notable than it is.
Our house is at almost 8,000 feet, and we live in the foothills. Alma, Colorado has people living at nearly 12,000 feet, and Leadville has them at around 10,000.
Ugh. Dumb people.
63 posted on
03/26/2015 3:34:38 AM PDT by
mountainbunny
(Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens ~ J.R.R. Tolkien)
To: JimSEA
I’m sure a libtard will say it’s global warming.
78 posted on
03/26/2015 3:09:44 PM PDT by
Fledermaus
(The GOP is dead to me! McConnell and Boehner can drop dead!!)
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