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Abandonment of Unaweep Canyon (1.4–0.8 Ma), western Colorado: Effects of stream capture and anomalously rapid Pleistocene river incision

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Aslan, Andres, Hood, William C., Karlstrom, Karl E., Kirby, Eric, Granger, Darryl E., Kelley, Shari, Crow, Ryan, Donahue, Magdalena S., Polyak, Victor, and Asmerom, Yemane

Abstract:

Cosmogenic-burial and U-series dating, identification of fluvial terraces and lacustrine deposits, and river-profile reconstructions show that capture of the Gunnison River by the Colorado River and abandonment of Unaweep Canyon occurred between 1.4-0.8 Ma. This event led to a rapid pulse of incision unlike any documented in the Rocky Mountains....

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incision Aslan, A., Hood, W. C., Karlstrom, K. E., Kirby, E., Granger, D. E., Kelley, S., ... & Asmerom