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Showing posts with label sill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sill. Show all posts
Monday, February 27, 2017

Volcanoes in the Mist (and underground): Travels in Death Valley

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The Inyo Mountains, in any other setting in the world, would be considered a major mountain range, preserved as a national park perhaps, a...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Another Cool California Roadcut: Dike and Sill on Highway 190 near Panamint Springs

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Dike (vertical brown rock) and sill (horizontal brown rock) along Highway 190 near Panamint Springs I've been working through my mem...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Where are the Ten Most Incredible Places You've Ever Stood? My Number 2: The Grandest Canyon of All

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A clearing storm in Carbon Canyon, a tributary to the Grand Canyon Of course, the Grand Canyon was going to appear on a list like this. ...
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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Into the Great Unknown: "Disaster" in National Canyon and the Volcanoes of Grand Canyon

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Yeah, I was not feeling all that comfortable. It was day 13 on our journey into the Great Unknown, the Colorado River through the Grand C...
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Friday, September 6, 2013

Into the Great Unknown: Crossing the Great Unconformity Again; But Which One?

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Every day is new. Every day the Canyon is different... I look back over the notes of my journey down into the Great Unknown , the Colora...
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Garry Hayes
I am a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. I have led field trips all over the western United States, and a few excursions overseas, but my homebase is the Sierra Nevada, the Great Valley, and the Coast Ranges of California.
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