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Stories about: canyon

BLM Stops Utah Drilling Auctions The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced this week that it would withdraw a further 100,000 acres of land from public auction, making it the second time in a row when it proved that the first studies it had conducted, when deciding which parcels to put on auction in the first place, were wrong and hastened by po... 5 December 2008 08:27 GMT The Grand Canyon May Have Appeared During the Time of the Dinosaurs It is the symbol of the American Southwest and western movies. But how old is the Grand Canyon? A new research suggests that it could have started to form during the dinosaur era.The over a mile (1.6 km) deep canyon in Arizona is the work of the Colorado River digging through ancient rock layers when the plateau of ... 16 April 2008 03:05 GMT