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- 2. Mormon Rocks… Vanessa Garcia They are formed by san Andreas fault. Pacific plates going north and north American plate is going south.
- 3. Granular Structure… Vanessa Garcia. The layers of rock show years that it had precipitation and drought years, these rocks were formed due to the water that passed through with sediments.
- 4. Stream bed and San Andreas Rift zone. Vanessa Garcia San Andreas Rift zone Steam bed A transformed fault, boundary between the pacific and north American plate.
- 5. Cinder Hill and Lava Flow. Vanessa Garcia Cinder Hill. Lava flow. Cinder Hill is a cinder cone volcano. Lava flow is formed from lava cooling when flowed out of a volcano.
- 6. Fossil Falls. Vanessa Garcia Formed by melt water from glaciers that flowed what it became a river as it traveled over the lava flow it caused the basalt to become smooth and create fossil falls.
- 7. Metate Holes. Vanessa Garcia. They were created when pieces of the debris were drilled into the basalt from the water flow and spin.
- 8. Obsidian Flakes. Vanessa Garcia. They were put here by native Americans to make arrowheads and other tools.
- 9. Petroglyph Vanessa Garcia It was drawn by native Americans.] the theory of this is that it a hunted scene.
- 10. House Rings. Vanessa Garcia. They were use to make living quarters for the native Americans in the Coso volcanic field.
- 12. Owens dry lake Vanessa Garcia Swallos Nest
- 13. Inyo White Mountains Vanessa Garcia
- 14. Mine tailing Vanessa Garcia Left from the mining process
- 15. Solar Power Plant Vanessa Garcia
- 17. Garlock Fault Vanessa Garcia Fault in the Mojave Desert
- 18. LA Aqueduct Vanessa Garcia It runs through California