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Ages of Travertine Deposits in Eastern Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Barney J. Szabo
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Abstract

Travertine deposits in eastern Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, are inferred to have formed under conditions of effective wetness that were greater than present. Uranium-series dating of 17 samples indicates that the deposits formed at about 15,000, 71,000, 111,000, 171,000, and 338,000 yr B.P. Intervals of travertine deposition are essentially contemporaneous with dated high paleolake levels, montane glacial maxima, and high paleowater-table levels from several Great Basin localities.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , July 1990 , pp. 24 - 32
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University of Washington

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