Monday, 27 October 2014

Basin and Range in a Roadcut

We left Vegas today and headed to Death Valley. On the way, we stopped at a beautiful road cut. Leslie names it "Basin and Range in a Road Cut" because it perfectly embodies all that we have seen in regional extensional processes. The normal faults are TEXTBOOK. There also is an extensive welded tuff--a reminder of the volcanism that was active in the area.






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