Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
The Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is a national monument located in Teller County, Colorado. The location is famous for the abundant and exceptionally preserved insect and plant fossils that are found in the mudstones and shales of the Florissant Formation. Based on argon radiometric dating, the formation is Eocene (approximately 34 million years old ) in age and has been interpreted as a lake environment. The fossils have been preserved because of the interaction of the volcanic ash from the nearby Thirtynine Mile volcanic field with diatoms in the lake, causing an diatom bloom. As the diatoms fell to the bottom of the lake, any plants or animals that had recently died were preserved by the diatom falls. Fine layers of clays and muds interspersed with layers of ash form "paper
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
The Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is a national monument located in Teller County, Colorado. The location is famous for the abundant and exceptionally preserved insect and plant fossils that are found in the mudstones and shales of the Florissant Formation. Based on argon radiometric dating, the formation is Eocene (approximately 34 million years old ) in age and has been interpreted as a lake environment. The fossils have been preserved because of the interaction of the volcanic ash from the nearby Thirtynine Mile volcanic field with diatoms in the lake, causing an diatom bloom. As the diatoms fell to the bottom of the lake, any plants or animals that had recently died were preserved by the diatom falls. Fine layers of clays and muds interspersed with layers of ash form "paper
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Das Florissant Fossil Beds Nat ...... narten wurden bisher bestimmt.
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Le monument national des Flori ...... nt national américain en 1969.
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The Florissant Fossil Beds Nat ...... beautifully-preserved fossils.
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The Pioneer House, showing how the original pioneers of the west lived
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Das Florissant Fossil Beds Nat ...... gt auf einer Höhe von 2.560 m.
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Le monument national des Flori ...... ntes couches de schistes prése
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The Florissant Fossil Beds Nat ...... ith layers of ash form "paper
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
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