November 4, 2016
Nearly 20,000 years ago, glaciers sculpted the mountains that rim South Park and delivered sediment and gold to the rivers below.
This link between glaciers and the gold still being discovered is the subject of a free public talk titled “Mountains, Gold and Glaciers” at 7 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the Beaver Ponds Environmental Education Center, 2234 Busch Run Road in Fairplay. Robert Anderson, a geology professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and researcher at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, will talk about the geologic and climatic history of the South Park area.
“There are many hundreds of rock glaciers in the state dotting the alpine valleys. Where they are, how they move, and how they help to sculpt the modern landscape are questions we are currently addressing,” Anderson said.
“We aim to understand how glaciers work, so that we can better interpret their signature in the landscape,” he said.
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