Physiographic development of the Front Range

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Research Article| September 30, 1935 Physiographic development of the Front Range† F. M. VAN TUYL; F. M. VAN TUYL Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar T. S. LOVERING T. S. LOVERING Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information F. M. VAN TUYL T. S. LOVERING Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 12 Sep 1934 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online Issn: 1943-2674 Print Issn: 0016-7606 © 1935 Geological Society of America GSA Bulletin (1935) 46 (9): 1291–1350. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-46-1291 Article history Received: 12 Sep 1934 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation F. M. VAN TUYL, T. S. LOVERING; Physiographic development of the Front Range. GSA Bulletin 1935;; 46 (9): 1291–1350. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-46-1291 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract INTRODUCTIONThe Front Range of Colorado represents the easternmost range of the Southern Rocky Mountains, and extends from the valley of the Arkansas River near Canon City, Colorado, northward to the Wyoming line. In northern Colorado it branches into the Medicine Bow Mountains on the west and the Laramie Range on the east (Fig. 1). Details of the topography of the region can be found on the United States Geological Survey topographic maps for the quadrangles outlined in Figure 1. A study of these maps conjointly with the text is recommended.The Front Range represents a great anticlinal uplift, locally broken by both normal and reverse faults, now thoroughly truncated and highly dissected by streams and glaciers.Except for a few relatively small inliers of sedimentary rocks, which were either faulted or folded down into the crystallines and thus preserved from erosion, the Front Range consists of pre-Cambrian and Tertiary . . . This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.