Talk:Flatirons

The Flatirons are a rock formation near Boulder, Colorado.

The Flatirons consist of conglomerate sandstone that formed on the floor of an ancient sea that periodicially covered large portions of Colorado. The sandstone solidified from deposits of gravel and sand carried to the sea by ancient rivers. These types deposits are known as alluvial fans {link}. The rock that makes up the flatirons was originally eroded from the ancestral rocky mountains {link}. The sandstones that make up the flatirons were lifted to the surface during the Laramide orogeny {link}, a geological uplift that formed the current rocky mountains. The flatirons were subsequently exposed by erosion. Similar rock formations can be found in many places along Colorado's front range {link}, including Garden of the Gods {link} near Colorado Springs {link}, and Red Rocks Ampitheatre {link}, near Morrison.

austria

Austria is a country in central Europe. Why it is mentioned here I have no idea.

Paul 20:02, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Geologist to help with timelines?

Actually, it looks like an anonymous edit put in accurate information, but I'm having trouble finding a source--and I'm not a geologist. Anyone able to help? (At first I thought the edit was an odd vandalism, but when I saw [this] I discovered that the person probably knew what they were talking about.) Gruber76 19:35, 3 July 2007 (UTC)