[decimon]

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[decimon]

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[Rebelbase]

"Jones and his team of researchers have proposed a new model of the mountains' formation that not only explains the origin of the Rockies, but also explains other geological phenomena: such as why a swath of gold, silver and other precious metal deposits stretches across Colorado,"

The bold text is not disclosed in the article. I guess you have to buy the research for that nugget.

[PapaBear3625]

The new model hinges on an unusually thick lithosphere – the stiff part of the Earth's surface that make up the tectonic plates – under Wyoming. The protrusion of this keel into more fluid mantle flowing below, created a suction that pulled down Southern Wyoming and Colorado and formed a basin, Jones said. This basin, or hole, in which Pierre Shale built up, amplified mountain-building forces far inland and forced the formation of the Rockies, he said.

"A huge basin develops and all of a sudden these mountains come rocketing out of it," Jones added. "We end up with the counter-intuitive visage of mountains rising up out of a hole. "

If you've gotta excerpt, have the excerpt be the money quote rather than the teaser.

[Darksheare]

Farallon plate also plays a role.

[st.eqed]

Having grown up in Colorado, I am interested in geology even though I am just a novice. I read a book a couple years ago that challenged everything I was taught about the subject. I am not saying everything the book said was gospel, but it does ask the questions. The book was called “Earth’s Catastrophic Past”. It was a two volume set, but the second part is where it got really interesting. In a nutshell, it was the Global Flood. The evidence is impressive.

[ETL]

I had read that the Rockies formed far away from a subduction zone (western edge of the NA continent in this case), in part, due to the comparatively rapid rate of North American plate motion/mid-Atlantic spreading back at the time of their formation. The quick rate led to a relatively shallow angle of subduction which ‘rumpled’ the overlying crust like a rug being pushed from one end toward the center. The less steep subduction angle also meant the subducting slab wouldn’t reach melting depths until much further from the plate edge, thus volcanism and mineral processing occurred further inland as well.

[Hebrews 11:6]

I always just figured it was Todd Helton .

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks decimon.

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