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posted on 2006-05-01, 00:00 authored by Steven Ian DutchGeosphere, May 2006, v. 2, p. 113-124, doi: 10.1130/GES00012.1. Animation 4 - Map showing the retreat of Niagara Falls from its inception 12 k.y. ago to 30 k.y. in the future. Upper Niagara and Lake Erie flow is in light blue, the gorge below the retreating Lockport Formation falls is dark blue, the future Salina Gorge is purple, and abandoned channels are in gray. The red hachured line represents the Niagara escarpment. File size is 0.7 MB. Note: These are animated .gif files. If the animations are appearing as static images, try viewing them with a movie player.