2006-06-29 05:19:45 · 13 answers · asked by Tan 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
do you know the river Colorado? that was the river that washed away all the rock there and literally dug a deep canyon after eroding for millions and millions of years . even know if you travel till the bottom of the canyon you will see the tiny river Colorado rushing through . but i am not to sure if you are allowed to go . when i went there we were not . have fun there . its magnificent !
2006-06-29 05:26:35 · answer #1 · answered by alya-nika 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the mainstream folks answers are incorrect and illogical.The earth was heated by an explosion that occured thousands of years ago and perturbed our phi grid and caused our planet to be very hot. Many earthquakes happened because of magma expansion.The volcanoes on the planet are the expanded magma release vents.When the magma expanded and released(By the way that is the period in time where the super volcanoes such as Yellowstone were active) New material had to replace the expelled.Where ever there was a spot in the earth that was weak enough (such as a fault line,or in the case of the Marianas trench,fault plus pressure) material dropped to form these geological features such as the grand canyon. Simple,Logical,Factual.
2006-06-29 12:35:31 · answer #2 · answered by Earth Shaman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The canyon, created by the Colorado River cutting a channel over millions of years,
2006-06-29 12:25:10 · answer #3 · answered by Corine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Colorado River formed a good part of the Canyon.
2006-06-29 12:23:28 · answer #4 · answered by desertk9 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't even listen to 'earth shaman' . does he have any proof of this. give me a break!! the colorado river did it! do you ever notice when it rains really hard and water flows over the ground a little trench is formed? do this for millions of years and you get a canyon. DUH!!!! 'sallymarlyn" got it wrong too. give us proof, please. yes, that area was under water at some time, that is why there are layers of limestone followed by mudstone and sandstone. water came in, water came out. this happened during a long span of time. after all this there were all these layers on top of one another, just like a layered cake. when this area became dry, a river ran through the area and slowly cut down through the layer cake. Yes there was uplift that helped the process, but the river did most of the work! take a geology class.
2006-06-29 19:25:35 · answer #5 · answered by az geologist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was formed in 1700 when the cascadian fault shifted, causing an earthquake that tilted the north american plate to the south dumping masses of seawater (california, arizona, and parts of utah were underwater at this time, except for the sierra nevada mountains) into the gulf of california. Prior to this the grand canyon (along with most of the above mentioned areas) was under water.
How do you think the Great Salt Lake got so salty?
2006-06-29 13:24:09 · answer #6 · answered by sallymarlyn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What happened is the land around the Colorodo River was slowly rising. The river eroded the land as it rose. The misconception is that the River eroded the land downward, but the land went up the river didn't go doen.
2006-06-29 12:24:38 · answer #7 · answered by me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Colorado River eroded downward over a period of several million years.
2006-07-06 01:17:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was formed by the constant erosion of soil by river water. I think it is the Colorado River.
2006-06-29 12:23:37 · answer #9 · answered by FrogDog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you ever heard the tall tale it was Paul Bunyon's ax. but seriously the others are correct about the river.
2006-06-29 12:25:07 · answer #10 · answered by ♥USMCwife♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋