New study shows ancient volcanic field in Utah actually one massive landslide
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 10:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(Phys.org) —A trio of geologists in the U.S. has found that an ancient volcanic field in what is now southern Utah was actually once the site of one of the largest known landslides to ever occur on the planet. In their paper published in the journal Geology, David Hacker, Robert Biek and Peter Rowley describe the compelling evidence they found and conclude that a massive landslide occurred in the area approximately 22 million years ago.