Driven by high winds and energized by hot temperatures and low humidity, the Plateau fire in Western Colorado grew more than 2,000 acres in a single day, officials say.

Colorado wildfire update: Largest active fire grows another 1,400 acres Plateau fire expected to be fully contained by Aug. 30 ...

Figure 1: Elevation map of the Colorado plateau. Figure 4: The inferred progression of events associated with lithospheric foundering and the geometry of the drip today. We propose that a series ...

Long after tectonic plate movement has created mountains, forces such as weather and river erosion can continue to shape a landscape. One such landscape is the Colorado Plateau, which spans more ...

Every Spring Semester, William & Mary's Geology department offers just that with the ever-popular course "Geology 310 - Regional Field Geology." The day after graduation, 27 students and Professor ...

The paleo-tectonic maps of retired geologist Ronald Blakey are mesmerizing and impossible to forget once you've seen them. Catalogued on his website, Colorado Plateau Geosystems, these maps show ...

The Hayduke Trail: A Guide to the Backcountry Hiking Trail on the Colorado Plateau, Joe Mitchell and Mike Coronella, 288 pages, paperback $19.95. University of Utah Press, 2005.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Flagstaff nonprofit is launching an online tool to help hikers better explore the Colorado Plateau. The Arizona Daily Sun reports that the Grand Canyon Trust unveiled a ...

Two factors suggested that this spring and summer would witness extraordinary blooms of wildflowers on the Colorado Plateau. First of all, blooms in California were so colorful and extensive that they ...