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Irrigation system on playa. Owens Lake, CA
Irrigation system on playa to mitigate dust pollution. Owens Lake, California. (180314-28)
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Water and evaporites on playa
Water and evaporites (mostly halite) on playa, Death Valley, California (180313-68)
Download ImageWater and evaporites on playa, Death Valley, CA
Water and evaporites (mostly halite) on playa, Death Valley, California (180313-67)
Download ImageDebris Flow fan, Death Valley, CA
Multiple debris flows on fan, distinguished by varying amounts of desert varnish coloration. (180313-61) mass wasting, erosion
Download ImageNormal fault, Death Valley, CA
Copper Canyon Turtleback fault, a large normal fault that separates metamorphic rocks in footwall (green) from overlying sedimentary and volcanic rocks. (180313-60)
Download ImageDiamictite –Proterozoic Kingston Peak Formation
Matrix-supported conglomerate–diamicton. Interpreted by some as a Proterozoic glacial till deposit. (180313-50)
Download ImageFaulted boulder in diamictite
Faulted boulder in Precambrian diamictite. Interpreted by some as a Proterozoic glacial till deposit. (180313-48)
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Faulted boulder in Precambrian diamictite. Interpreted by some as a Proterozoic glacial till deposit. (180313-47)
Download ImageHalite needles on salt flats, Death Valley, CA
Halite needles precipitated from water on salt pan, Death Valley National Park, California. (180313-42)
Download ImageWeathered salt deposits, Death Valley, CA
Halite, shaped into narrow ridges through capillary action and prevailing N-S winds. Death Valley National Park, California. (180313-37)
Download ImageDiamictite and cap carbonate (vertical)
Matrix-supported conglomerate–diamicton. Interpreted by some as a Proterozoic glacial till deposit, overlain by Noonday Dolomite. (180313-31)
Download ImageDeath Valley salt pan, CA
Salt flats in Death Valley National Park, California. (180313-2)
Download ImageCross-bedded sandstone (vertical)
Cross-bedding in sandstone of the Cambrian Wood Canyon Formation. Death Valley National Park, California. (180311-26)
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Cross-bedding in sandstone of the Cambrian Wood Canyon Formation. Death Valley National Park, California. (180311-24)
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Cross-bedding in sandstone of the Cambrian Wood Canyon Formation, Death Valley National Park, California (180311-23)
Download ImageEast-dipping Cambrian strata, Death Valley , CA
East-tilted Cambrian strata, Death Valley National Park, California. White band is the Zabriskie Quartzite –note how it illustrates the Rule of Vs. (180311-19)
Download ImageDipping ash bed, SE California
Tilted ash bed and fanglomerate (alluvial fan deposits) of the Miocene Nova Formation, Death Valley National Park, California (180311-7)
Download ImageDipping ash bed, SE California
Tilted ash bed and fanglomerate (alluvial fan deposits) of the Miocene Nova Formation, Death Valley National Park, California (180311-6)
Download ImageEast-dipping strata, Death Valley, CA
East-tilted Cambrian strata, Death Valley National Park, California. White band in background and in foreground is the Zabriskie Quartzite –note how it illustrates the Rule of Vs. (180311-1)
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