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Death Valley, CA

View south into Death Valley of Death Valley National Park, California. Note antiform on left side of photo. Keane Wonder Mine area (241117-62)

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Lake-bed deposits

Tilted lake bed deposits of the Miocene-Pliocene Furnace Creek Formation, Death Valley National Park, California (241115-47)

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Facies change, alluvial fan to lake

Tilted Miocene-Pliocene sedimentary rock of the Furnace Creek Formation showing a facies change from lakebeds (center, bottom) upwards into alluvial fan deposits. Death Valley National Park, California (241115-46)

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Facies change, alluvial fan to lake (vertical)

Facies change in tilted sedimentary rock: lakebeds grading into alluvial fan deposits. Death Valley National Park, California (241115-41)

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Debris flow deposits

Tilted debris flow deposits in Miocene-Pliocene Furnace Creek Fm., Death Valley National Park, California. (241115-19)

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Inverse grading in debris flow deposits

Tilted sheetflood and fine-grained debris flow deposits of the Miocene-Pliocene Furnace Creek Formation, Death Valley National Park, California. Note the inverse grading in some of the debris flow deposits. (241115-14)

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Graded bed

Graded bed in Miocene-Pliocene Furnace Creek Formation, Death Valley National Park, California. (241115-8)

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Wineglass Canyon, Death Valley, CA

Wineglass canyon behind a fault-controlled mountain front at the Badwater Turtleback, Death Valley National Park, California. (241114-36)

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Depositional contact: ss on conglomerate

Sandstone deposited on conglomerate. Miocene Eagle Mountain Formation, Amargosa Valley, California. (241114-31)

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Depositional contact: ss on conglomerate

Sandstone deposited on conglomerate. Miocene Eagle Mountain Formation, Amargosa Valley, California. (241114-24)

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Clast-supported conglomerate, SE Cal

Miocene clast-supported, stream-deposited conglomerate in the Eagle Mountain Formation, Amargosa Valley, California. (241114-16)

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Clast-supported conglomerate (vertical)

Miocene clast-supported, stream-deposited conglomerate in the Eagle Mountain Formation, Amargosa Valley, California. (241114-14)

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Clast-supported conglomerate

Miocene clast-supported, stream-deposited conglomerate in the Eagle Mountain Formation, Amargosa Valley, California. (241114-12)

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Badlands, Death Valley, CA

Moon rising over badlands, Death Valley National Park, California. The peak is Manly Beacon.(241113-31)

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Badlands, Death Valley, CA

Moon rising over badlands, Death Valley National Park, California. The peak is Manly Beacon. (241113-26)

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Debris flow deposit

Miocene debris flow deposit showing inverse grading and capped by fine muddy deposit. Artist Drive Formation, Death Valley National Park, California. (241113-9)

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P foliation in fault gouge

Close-up of “P” foliation in fault zone gouge. Inferred transport is top-to-right. (24112-22)

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Owens R Gorge and Bishop Tuff, CA

Owens River Gorge, SE California, eroded through the 767,000 year old Bishop tuff. Note the talus cone that partially blocks the river. (241109-57)

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Bishop Tuff, California

Bishop Tuff exposed in the walls of the Owens River Gorge. The tuff erupted 767,000 years ago from the Long Valley Caldera, California. Note the rock fall deposit that partially blocks the river. Note also the radial columnar jointing and the small hill on the rim that marks a fossil steam vent! (241109-55)

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Mono Lake, CA

Tufa deposits along the shoreline of Mono Lake, California (241109-16)

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Rockfall mitigation on highway, California

Fencing to protect a highway from rockfall, eastern California (241109-12)

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