Showing posts with label graben. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graben. Show all posts
Thursday, July 8, 2021

My Thesis Area is Misbehaving: 6.0 Earthquake Near Walker, California

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  That was exciting. I live in the Central Valley of California. The valley is famously boring for a number of reasons, and one of the good ...
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Friday, March 16, 2018

All My Faults are Normal, But Not Really: Travels in Death Valley

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Death Valley is the ultimate expression of the extensional forces that have ripped apart the crust of the western United States. The af...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Faulting, Volcanism, and Life in Northernmost California: the Tulelake Graben

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Gillem's Bluff at Lava Beds National Monument Lava Beds National Monument at the extreme north end of California is a fascinating pl...
Sunday, March 8, 2015

Like a Gigantic Babushka Doll, One Death Valley inside Another Death Valley

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Death Valley is a deep structural trough called a graben , formed by faults that stretched and broke the continental crust, mostly within...
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Saturday, March 22, 2014

Out of the Valley of Death: Hitting the Lowest of the Low, the Driest of the Dry, and the Hottest of the Hot

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Just how low can one go? Just how far can people descend in life before they hit bottom? In Death Valley National Park, there is a precise...
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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Into the Great Unknown: Vulcan the Fire God says "You Call That Little Piece of Concrete a Dam?"

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Dam engineers sure love their dam creations. The Colorado River, being the only river of note draining the Colorado Plateau, was a target ...
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