The High Plains are a region of the Western United States that lies east of the Colorado and Wyoming Rocky Mountains & extends into Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma & South Dakota. The terrain east of the Rocky Mountains is more elevated than similar landscapes around the world where plains butt up against mountains, like near the Himalayas in Asia & the Alps in Europe.
A team of researchers at @CUBoulder recently examined the processes which contributed to the unique elevation of the High Plains. Learn more here: https://t.co/egEVqa2s0N
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My first paper is out now! It covers the timing of exhumation of the Colorado High Plains from apatite (U-Th)He to help provide insight into the high elevations of the Plains today!
Adventures in the Eocene Chuckanut Sandstone near Bellingham, WA. Been trying to find alleged mammal and bird tracks but might have to wait till Summer... #FossilFriday
Finished up the first field season in Newfoundland today! 1) exploring the Cambro-Ordovician boundary at Green Point. 2) @nicole_mizrahi sponge lady with her sponge bioherm. 3) stromatolites on the Port au Port. 4) Ediacaran fossils at the Melrose surface on the Bonavista.
Pleased to announce my new paper on Great Unconformity exhumation in southern Canada is out! Access the paper at the following link for free for the next month and a half! https://t.co/A39ov7BqQF
Having a great week working at the CUTRaiIL! Getting frustrated and excited picking apatites 🥹 but definitely learning a lot from @thermochronic. Thanks so much Jim, Becky, @brinaluvsrocks and group for welcoming me and for their help!
New research article: A practical method for assigning uncertainty and improving the accuracy of alpha-ejection corrections and eU concentrations in apatite (U–Th) ∕ He chronology https://t.co/fn8OXFogPv