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Immigrants from the East -- Zircon grains found in Jurassic-era sandstones of the Colorado Plateau (including rocks of Utah's Zion National Park, shown here) were carried by a massive river that drained the Appalachians and flowed through Michigan, a new study suggests. [USGS]

Before the Mississippi, minerals show ancient rivers flowed west

1 posted on 06/07/2010 7:29:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Maybe they wuz sploded thare by wun uv dem comet thingies.

LLS


3 posted on 06/07/2010 7:40:26 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer ( WOLVERINES!)
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To: SunkenCiv
DOO WOP

The Zircons hailing from the Bronx


4 posted on 06/07/2010 7:43:45 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: SunkenCiv

That’s where Cubic Zirconium rings are born!


5 posted on 06/07/2010 8:14:00 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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