Filtered by neighborhood:Bedrock Exhumation and Landscape History of Western Colorado MountainsClear filter
Concepts
4 concepts
process
exhumation
Process of bringing rocks from depth to the surface through erosional unroofing
measurement
thermochronology
Dating technique that determines cooling histories of rocks using temperature-sensitive radiometric systems
measurement
closure temperature
Temperature below which a thermochronological system retains daughter products, ~70°C for apatite He system
phenomenon
laccolith
Concordant igneous intrusion that has been injected between rock strata causing uplift
