Lost 'mega-escarpment' across ancient USA may explain Grand Canyon's missing billion years
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{ "epilogue": "A new scientific study revealed that the death of a supercontinent and a continent-spanning mega-escarpment may explain the Grand Canyon's missing billion years of history. Uranium dating helped rewrite the timeline of the canyon, pointing to the lost geological feature across ancient North America.
The story quieted without a definitive conclusion in the coverage." }
Epilogue added 23d ago, after coverage quieted.
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Lost 'mega-escarpment' across ancient USA may explain Grand Canyon's missing billion years Phys.org · 62d ago broke it first
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