The source of buoyancy for the uplift of cratonic plateaus is a fundamental question in
continental dynamics. The~ 1.9 km uplift of the Colorado Plateau since the Late Cretaceous …

We use inverse models of mantle convection to explore the vertical evolution of the
Colorado Plateau. By satisfying multiple constraints (seismic tomography, stratigraphy in the …

Abstract The Rocky Mountain orogenic plateau has the highest mean elevation and
topographic relief in the contiguous United States. The mean altitude exceeds 2 km above …

Longitudinal profiles of alluvial and bedrock rivers are typically concave up, and the precise
shape of their concavity is known to integrate tectonic, climatic, and channel grain size …

The history of erosion of southwestern North America and its relationship to surface uplift is a
long-standing topic of debate. We use geologic and thermochronometric data to reconstruct …

It is generally agreed that a region encompassing the Colorado Plateau has been uplifted by
sub‐crustal processes. Admittance calculations, tomographic studies and receiver function …

One-hundred and forty-seven new apatite (U-Th)/He (AHe) ages are presented from 32
sample locations along the flanks of the Rio Grande rift in New Mexico and Colorado. These …

Great thicknesses of eolian dune deposits of early Oligocene age crop out in the Chuska
Mountains of northwestern New Mexico-Arizona (as much as 535 m thick) and in the …

Many regions central to our understanding of tectonics and landscape evolution are active
or ancient magmatic terranes, and robust interpretation of low‐temperature …

Voluminous intermediate to silicic composition volcanic rocks were generated throughout
the southern Rocky Mountains, western US, during the mid-Tertiary “ignimbrite flare-up” …