The Geology of the San Louis Valley.
Located in the south central region of Colorado, the San Louis valley is the highest alpine valley on earth. Bounded by Poncha Pass on the North, the Sangre de Cristo and Culebra Ranges on the East, the Uncompahgre and San Juan Ranges to the West and the Rio Grande Valley to the South.
This short paper is not intended to be exhaustive as there are many fine works by others (ie. DeVoto, Epis, F. Meissner, McCaplin, Tweto, Gries, Keller and others). This is introductory work for my own knowledge.
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| Sangre de Cristo Range - (Meissner, 2016) |
It is the Rio Grande Rift and the associated Rio Grande River that describes the geomorphology of the region.
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