Seasonal cycle of snow & ice cover Northern …kittel/WEcol_Handouts/...tertiary intrusives Figures...
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Seasonal cycle of snow & ice coverNorthern Hemisphere
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Longitudinal extent of the Rocky Mountain region (vs. the Andes)in relation to hypothesized plate subduction geometry
Schematics from: http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/province/rockymtn.htmlGlobe image: NGDC, NOAA
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Complex physiography of Rocky Mtn provinces
Provinces –• Canadian Rockies• Northern US Rockies• Central Rockies• Southern Rockies
Indian Pks
US false-color image: http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/distance/gg101/Programs/program1%20Introduction/physio.html
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tertiary intrusives
Figures from Roadside Geology of Colorado by Halka Chronic, 1980(Mountain Press Publ, Missoula)
Colorado Front Range Geology Indian Peaks & vicinity
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Indian Peaks Glaciation
Green LakesNiwot Ridge
Map from T. Schildgen, 2000 http://www.uvm.edu/cosmolab/projects/tayweb/location.html
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Colorado Front Range urban centers
Social setting of the Southern Rockies
Salt Lake City & vicinity
U.S. Nightlights 1994-1995, NASA
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Global Circulation Patterns
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Air mass sources and flow patterns influencing the climate of the US Rocky Mtns
from A. Benedict and B. Bash. 1991. The Southern Rockies (Sierra Club Books)