Best route from Bismarck ND to El Paso TX
We are traveling from Biamarck ND to El Paso TX in May. Has anyone done that? Is it better to go on I29 south or go the western route or US 83?
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Not sure how this thread got off topic, but the geology of the Franklin Mountains is actually fairly complicated, as can seen by reading US Geological Survey Bulletin 1298 entitled "Geology of the Northern Franklin Mountains, Texas and New Mexico." The lower portion of this range includes 5,000 feet of Precambrian metamorphic rocks cut by 1.1 billion year-old granitic rocks.
So, although not sure exactly what is meant by "continental plate rocks," this thick sequence of Precambrian rocks would certainly qualify as "basement rocks." And the Northern and Canadian Rockies consist of thousands of feet of sedimentary rocks of similar ages to those in the Franklins. In fact, it is views of those stratified sedimentary mountains that draw tourists and photographers to Glacier National Park in Montana and Banff and Jasper National Parks in Alberta.
So, although not sure exactly what is meant by "continental plate rocks," this thick sequence of Precambrian rocks would certainly qualify as "basement rocks." And the Northern and Canadian Rockies consist of thousands of feet of sedimentary rocks of similar ages to those in the Franklins. In fact, it is views of those stratified sedimentary mountains that draw tourists and photographers to Glacier National Park in Montana and Banff and Jasper National Parks in Alberta.
