Comment on "Age and evolution of the Grand Canyon revealed by U-Pb dating of water table-type speleothems".
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Polyak et al. (Reports, 7 March 2008, p. 1377) reported speleothem data leading to their inference that the western Grand Canyon incised much earlier than previously thought. This contradicts several lines of published geological knowledge in the region, hinges upon unjustified hydrogeological assumptions, and is based on two anomalous data points for which we offer alternative explanations.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 319 5868 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008