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Liz Chesser '04
Please direct any departmental questions
to Chair Carl Mendelson
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Contents Copyright 2001-2 Beloit College
Website designed and
maintained
by
Liz Chesser '04
Please direct any departmental questions
to Chair Carl Mendelson
Page Last Updated May 28, 2002
Contents Copyright 2001-2 Beloit College
| Mesa Verde National Park: Differential erosion in the sandstones and shales of the Upper Cretaceous Mesa Verde Group also produced the alcoves that the Anasazi peoples used for their elaborate cliff dwellings about 800 years ago. Here, our group climbs up the ladder that leads to Balcony House. |  |
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Bryce Canyon (not technically a canyon but rather a highly eroded rim of the plateau) National Park shows the beauty produced by differential erosion of Eocene lake beds. |
| Aaron, Nicole, Dana, Bethany, and Meghan pose in front of a Bristlecone pine growing high on the plateau in Bryce; some of the pines in this area are about 1700 years old. |  |