Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley - Table of Contents
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The Geology of Eastern California
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1
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Part 1: Death Valley and Vicinity
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7
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1. An Intrepid Explorer
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The Mojave River
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9
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2. A Collector of Volcanic Ashes
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Ancient Lake Tecopa
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19
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3. It's a Coal Seam, It's a Dike, It's a Welded Tuff!
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The Resting Spring Pass Volcanic Tuff
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27
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4. A Lunar Landscape
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The Trona Pinnacles of Searles Lake
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33
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5. A Huge Bathtub without a Drain
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Pleistocene Lake Manly and the Salt Pan
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41
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6. Dynamic Desert Landforms
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Alluvial Fans and Debris Cones
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55
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7. Youthful Tectonism
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Fault Scarps in Fans
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67
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8. Rocks Split Asunder
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Salt Weathering
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79
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9. A Tale of Two Mysteries
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Turtlebacks and Missing Rocks
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87
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10. True Grit
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Sandblasted Stones on Ventifact Ridge
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99
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11. A Diversionary Tale
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Gower Gulch
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107
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12. Nature's Crafted Mosaics and the Tanning Process
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Desert Pavement and Desert Varnish
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119
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13. Wind at Play in Nature's Sandbox
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The Mesquite Dunes
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129
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14. A Cut-and-Fill Saga
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Mosaic Canyon
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139
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15. A Big Explosion
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Ubehebe Crater
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153
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16. Wind at Work
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The Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa
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161
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Part 2: Owens Valley and Vicinity
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175
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17. The Falls of an Ice Age
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Fossil Falls on Glacial Owens River
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177
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18. A Story of Desiccation
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Once-Blue Owens Lake
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185
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19. A Frightful Earthquake
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The Owens Valley Shock of 1872
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195
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20. A Buried, Weathered Giant
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The Alabama Hills
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203
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21. Basins and Ranges
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The Waucobi Lakebeds
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211
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22. The Oldest Living Things
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Bristlecone Pines and the Rocks They Prefer
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219
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23. Dating an Old Glaciation
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The Big Pumice Cut
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225
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24. A Disappearing Fault
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The Hilton Creek Fault
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233
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25. East Meets West
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Glacial Moraines at Convict Lake
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241
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26. A Crack Runs through It
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The Earthquake Fault and Inyo Craters
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251
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27. Fun and Games on Living Volcanoes
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Mammoth Mountain and Long Valley Caldera
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259
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28. Columnar Jointing at Its Best
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Devils Postpile
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271
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29. An Ominous Ooze
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Obsidian Dome
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279
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30. Mountains of Glass
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The Mono Domes
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289
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Glossary
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297
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Sources of Supplemental Information
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308
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Index
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313
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