Monthly Archives: September 2017

Bing, Banff, Boom – part 3

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In the previous post I noted that the Rocky Mountains rose up during the Laramide Orogeny. Thus, you might reasonably expect that the exposed rocks would be mostly from that period. That’s not quite the case and it’s due to …

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Bing Banff Boom – part 2

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The previous post contained a brief lesson describing the main geologic processes involved in mountain building. In this part of the lesson, we’ll identify some of the different types of mountains and ways of identifying them. Go Tell What Kind …

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Bing Banff Boom

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A Brief Forward. People can benefit from travel in many ways but adaptability might be among the more unexpected. Sometimes, no matter how carefully planned a trip might be, circumstances arise that necessitate change. When they do, I’ve found the …

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