Cambrian formations at the mouth of Death Valley Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California. Circa 1960.
Dates
Date Taken
1960
Summary
Death Valley National Park, California. Cambrian formations at the mouth of Death Valley Canyon. View is north. In the left foreground is Zabriskie Quartzite (Cz). To the right of this and below the flat fault are 1,000 feet of shale and limestone of the Carrara Formation (Cc). The upper plate of the fault is mostly thick-bedded dolomite belonging to the Bonanza King and Nopah Formations (Cbn). Circa 1960. Figure 18, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 494-A.
Summary
Death Valley National Park, California. Cambrian formations at the mouth of Death Valley Canyon. View is north. In the left foreground is Zabriskie Quartzite (Cz). To the right of this and below the flat fault are 1,000 feet of shale and limestone of the Carrara Formation (Cc). The upper plate of the fault is mostly thick-bedded dolomite belonging to the Bonanza King and Nopah Formations (Cbn). Circa 1960.
Figure 18, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 494-A.
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