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Bibliography Geology of the Uncompahgre Plateau and Westwater Cayon January 1999 Bibliography Geology of the Uncompahgre Plateau and Westwater Cayon January 1999 Compiled by John Weisheit Aldrich, L. T., G. W. Wetherill, and G. L. Davis, 1957. Occurrence of 1350 millionyearold granitic rock in western United States: Geol. Soc. America Bull. V. 68, no. 5, p. 655656. Armstrong, R.L., 1969, KAr dating of laccolithic centers of the Colorado Plateau and vicinity: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 80, p.20812086. Atwood, W. W., and Mather, K. F., 1932, Physiography and Quaternary geology of the. San. Juan Mountains, Colorado: U. S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 166, 176 p., 34 pl., 25 figs. Baars, D. L., 1966, PrePennsylvanian paleotectonics-Key to basin evolution and petroleum occurrences in Paradox basin, Utah and Colorado: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 50, p. 20822111. 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