1. Carcfully and neuely celor alluvial fan A yellins. inchading the places at the tep (voploge end) of the fan where it eusends up into iwi canyons. Do the uame for alluvial fans B and C . 2. Coloc the inselbergs broen in the viritity of loxation D . 1. Colow the 00 (sea Ifved) topopraphic condoves the on beah sider of the valley. 1. Make as urange line along the downhall edge of the monteain thowe (Fig. 15.7) an both sides of the valley. What is the elevation ef the kouced point en the map? f Totice the inlermittent stream that diains from the upstream end of the allavial fan systemt A (that you have already colored ellowy to the playa at E. How wodld the grain sise of the sediments aleog this stream change as you walk downslope from th. ighest part of the fan, up in the canyons, to the playa (E)? Why? arefully examine Fig. A15.4.1 for evidence of normal faults on either or both sides of Death Valley. Refer to Fig. 15.10 for eas. Draw a dark dahbod line with a repular pencil or a Black coloeed pencil wherever yoe think a normal fault might reach th ound surface on either the east of west side of the valley. Imost a decade of meaweements indicate that relative to the sakle intener of the North Aamerican Plate (N.LD06). GPS site 462 mones toward ariinuth 309. 7 at a rate of 3.90 mavlyr, and site P996 moves tonsard 315.5 5 at 5.39 mmlyr (ycllow rows in Fig 15. 10). Both GPS sites are part of the Plast Boundary Observatony developed as purt of the Earthscope Preject. Selative to P462. GPS sile P596 moves tow and 327. 1 at 1.95 menyt (ocange arrow in Fig. 15.10). Block faulting typital of the Basin and fange tendi to itviodve tarelching neughly perpendicalar to mormal fadtus as shewn in the arange arrow oniginating at GPS sine PS96 in Fig. 15.10 that shows the molion of the wees side of Dearh Valley relative to the easa side, is the current widening of Death Valley more hively relised to Becin and-Range block fuelting oe to developmemt of a pell-apart hasin? Explain your rexenning. The strie-slip faulis to the noth and sowh of Death Valley kave been astive for atonat 12 Myr (Fig. 15.10) If psog moved in the aame difection at the same rate relative ss P46z for 12 Myz , how far would PSh move? Aboet how far is it fram the bedrock on the east side of the valley to the top ef the allevial slope on the weat side of the valley measures parallel to the orange arrow and the oeanfe strike-slip faults? kin FLET 8 DISCUSS Notice thar poople chose to build a ranch on alfuvial fan B even though this enline region is dry What do you think was the single most important reason why thene people chose alluvial fan B for their ranch instead of of the other fans? A. Analyre the topographic map in Fig. A15.4.1 and complele the follensing lakks. Refer to Fig. 15 for guidacke. .

1. 1. Carcfully and neuely celor alluvial fan A yellins. inchading the places at the tep (voploge end)
of the fan where it eusends up into iwi canyons. Do the uame for alluvial fans B and C . 2. Coloc
the inselbergs broen in the viritity of loxation D . 1. Colow the 00 (sea Ifved) topopraphic
condoves the on beah sider of the valley. 1. Make as urange line along the downhall edge of the
monteain thowe (Fig. 15.7) an both sides of the valley. What is the elevation ef the kouced point
en the map? f Totice the inlermittent stream that diains from the upstream end of the allavial fan
systemt A (that you have already colored ellowy to the playa at E. How wodld the grain sise of
the sediments aleog this stream change as you walk downslope from th. ighest part of the fan, up
in the canyons, to the playa (E)? Why? arefully examine Fig. A15.4.1 for evidence of normal
faults on either or both sides of Death Valley. Refer to Fig. 15.10 for eas. Draw a dark dahbod
line with a repular pencil or a Black coloeed pencil wherever yoe think a normal fault might
reach th ound surface on either the east of west side of the valley. Imost a decade of
meaweements indicate that relative to the sakle intener of the North Aamerican Plate (N.LD06).
GPS site 462 mones toward ariinuth 309. 7 at a rate of 3.90 mavlyr, and site P996 moves tonsard
315.5 5 at 5.39 mmlyr (ycllow rows in Fig 15. 10). Both GPS sites are part of the Plast Boundary
Observatony developed as purt of the Earthscope Preject. Selative to P462. GPS sile P596 moves
tow and 327. 1 at 1.95 menyt (ocange arrow in Fig. 15.10). Block faulting typital of the Basin
and fange tendi to itviodve tarelching neughly perpendicalar to mormal fadtus as shewn in the
arange arrow oniginating at GPS sine PS96 in Fig. 15.10 that shows the molion of the wees side
of Dearh Valley relative to the easa side, is the current widening of Death Valley more hively
relised to Becin and-Range block fuelting oe to developmemt of a pell-apart hasin? Explain your
rexenning. The strie-slip faulis to the noth and sowh of Death Valley kave been astive for atonat
12 Myr (Fig. 15.10) If psog moved in the aame difection at the same rate relative ss P46z for 12
Myz , how far would PSh move? Aboet how far is it fram the bedrock on the east side of the
valley to the top ef the allevial slope on the weat side of the valley measures parallel to the
orange arrow and the oeanfe strike-slip faults? kin FLET 8 DISCUSS Notice thar poople chose
to build a ranch on alfuvial fan B even though this enline region is dry What do you think was
the single most important reason why thene people chose alluvial fan B for their ranch instead of
of the other fans? A. Analyre the topographic map in Fig. A15.4.1 and complele the follensing
lakks. Refer to Fig. 15 for guidacke.