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By: TW Editors 06/01/2008
Canyonlands National Park, UT
Sphinx of Geology Solved
“Volcanic outburst!” “No, an eruption of salt!” “No, it was created by a meteor impact, I tell you!” Those strings of debate among geologists have finally come to pass, thanks to German researchers who just this year solved the mystery behind what created Upheaval Dome at Canyonlands National Park near Moab.
Elmar Buchner and Thomas Kenkmann published their findings in the March 2008 journal Geology , sharing their discovery of shocked quartz located off to the side of the crater. This clue settles the debate for once and for all: a meteorite caused the crater.
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