Talk:Monterey Canyon

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Erosion or Tectonic Collision?[edit]

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/monterey/ax/primary_fs.html

"Scientists once thought it was simply eroded by an ancient river dating from a period when sea levels were lower. Now most agree it was created by titanic collisions between plates of the Earth’s crust."

If the current scholarly consensus leans toward a tectonic origin for the Monterey Canyon, don't you think it would be nice for Wikipedia to reference it? Janko (talk) 06:45, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are aspects of this topic which could form a very interesting article. (Unfortunately I am engaged in other projects.) E.g., see the article by Riggs et al. (Science, 5 July 1996) about evidence that there once was a river flowing from what is now Texas through Nevada, and presumably into the Pacific at some point on the California coast. - J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 22:12, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]