SKIP SIDEBAR GEOLOGY THE COLORADO SPRINGS NATURAL ATTRACTIONS LOCATION GARDEN OF THE GODS COLORADO ROAD TRIP NEARLY DRIVE HIGHWAY THE GARDEN OF THE GODS STUNNING CREATION COLORED CHEMICALLY PRECIPITATED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS LARAMIDE OROGENY MEANS UPLIFTED THE MOUNTAIN BUILDING MILLION YEARS AGO PERIOD CRETACEOUS PERIOD EXTINCTION PALEOCENE THE ROCK LAYERS UPRIGHT THE MOUNTAINS ROCK SPECULATED UPLIFT AMOUNT STRESS CAUSED FAULTS FAULTING REASON SEEM RAMPART RANGE FAULT VERTICAL ACTUALLY RUNS NORTH ARID CLIMATE HELPED CREATE TYPE PRODUCT DIFFERENTIAL EROSION MEANING SHALES MUDSTONES ERODED IN THE WIND ICE EXPOSURE HIKE WALKING THE PARK THE EAST OLDER WE WENT ORDER OF PIERRE SHALE CLASTIC ROCK FORMATION CONSIST COMMON AMMONITES THOUGHT NIOBRARA FORMATION LIMESTONE MARINE SHARK TEETH BENTON GROUP FORMATION MADE UP SHALE THE SEA BECOMING FLOWING DAKOTA SANDSTONE FORMATION SANDSTONE YELLOW MARINE ENVIRONMENT SETTLED THE DAKOTA SILTSTONE SHADES OF HILL BEHIND UTE INDIAN TRAIL MARKER BELIEVED FLOOD PLAIN COMES ENVIRONMENT SMALL WHITE HILLS THE RIDGE TRAIL COME FROM MORRISON FORMATION HOLD DINOSAUR FOSSILS AREAS LAYER GYPSUM THE REST JURASSIC PERIOD REDDISH SILTSTONES DOLOSTONE FOSSIL ALGAE STROMATOLITES PERMIAN PERIOD THE LYONS PARTICULARLY FINE GRAINED QUARTZ SOLIDIFIED SAND CHANGING YOU CAN THE NEXT ROCK LAYER THE FOUNTAIN ARKOSE COARSE GRAINED FELDSPAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS SHOWS THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROCKY PENNSYLVANIA STREAM MINERALS ARID BEAUTIFUL SIMPLY GEOLOGIST KNOWS LEARNS AMAZING SIGHTS FORMING INTERESTING HARD SELECT PICTURES SHARE BEAUTY JESSICA CAVE OF THE WINDS SEVEN FALLS WATERFALLS POST COMMENT COMMENTS GEOLOGICAL DESTINATIONS ROAD MANITOU FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL WORKS CITED PAGE COLORADO SPRINGS QUICK LINK CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS EVENTS GLOSSARY EL PASO NIGHT LIGHTING IGNEOUS ROCKS TIMING PASSAGE DEVELOPMENT SEDIMENTATION ENERGY INSTITUTE EDUCATION NATIONAL MONUMENT PLOT DATA FIELDNOTES STRATIGRAPHY UPPER EOCENE FLORISSANT FORMATION INVENTORY PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES THE NATIONAL PARKS MONUMENTS COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP QUEST AUTHOR CASTLE ROCK UNITED STATES OLD COLLEGE MOTHER WIFE NAVY SAILOR IN TRAINING TAKING COURSE ASSIGNMENT VIEW COMPLETE PROFILE
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