Hanging valleys at the front of the Black Mountains near the north end of the mountains at Desolation Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California. Circa 1960.
Dates
Date Taken
1960
Summary
Death Valley National Park, California. Hanging valleys at the front of the Black Mountains near the north end of the mountains at Desolation Canyon. Old valleys with U-shaped cross sections have been uplifted about 100 feet along this part of the mountain front. The new valleys are narrow gorges incised into the bottom of the older, more open valleys. The bedrock consists of interbedded volcanic and sedimentary rocks of Miocene or Pliocene age. Circa 1960. Figure 77, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 494-A.
Summary
Death Valley National Park, California. Hanging valleys at the front of the Black Mountains near the north end of the mountains at Desolation Canyon. Old valleys with U-shaped cross sections have been uplifted about 100 feet along this part of the mountain front. The new valleys are narrow gorges incised into the bottom of the older, more open valleys. The bedrock consists of interbedded volcanic and sedimentary rocks of Miocene or Pliocene age. Circa 1960. Figure 77, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 494-A.
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