The document provides information about various geological formations and features observed by Alyssa Medina in Eastern California. It includes descriptions of Mormon Rock which shows sandstone layers, the San Andreas Fault where the Pacific and North American plates meet, lava flows from Cinder Hill volcano, fossils found at Fossil Falls, metate holes carved into basalt by water, Native American petroglyphs and house rings, Mount Whitney and evidence of glaciation, alluvial fans in the Inyo Mountains, the 1872 Lone Pine earthquake fault, hot springs along a volcanic fault, bark beetle damage and dead forest zones, islands and tufa formations at Mono Lake, glacial features such as moraines, cirques

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Mormon Rock formation
Granular Structure
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Granular Structure of the rocks
shows sandstone. Mormon rocks
are composed of layers known
as sada, which can help
determine the weather by how
much it rains.
The rocks were formed on a tilted
fault, where the Pacific and North
American plate meet creating the
San Andreas Fault.Taken afternoon: 3/9/13
Taken afternoon: 3/9/13

4. San Andres Rift Zone
and Stream Bed
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The San Andreas rift zone is on a
tilted fault located on the North
American and pacific plate meet.
Taken afternoon:
3/9/13

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Cinder Hill (cinder
cone) also known as
Red Hill is a stratoe
Volcano.
Lava Flow
This lava flow was produce by
Cinder hill in the Inyo-Country
region once the lava was harden
from the eruption 500 years ago.
Creating the costal volcanic
range intrusive beneath the
surface.
Taken afternoon: 3/9/13
Taken afternoon:
3/9/13

6. Fossil Falls
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Stream
Bed
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Owens Lake
By the
water
melting
from the
glaciers
a d the
volcanic
activity
form the
mountai
n
ranges.
Taken afternoon:
3/9/13
Taken afternoon:
3/9/13

7. Metate Holes
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Obsidian Flakes
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The water where it indevers
hit at the same area in
circulate against the Basalt to
create this smooth circular
holes.
The natives
would use it for
weapons for
example arrow
heads. These
Obsidian flakes
also known as
Volcanic Glass.
Taken
afternoon:
3/9/13
Taken
afternoon:
3/9/13

8. House Ring
Petroglyph
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The native Americans would produce the
house rings as a foundation for their
homes and mark where the would settle.
The petroglyphs were made by the
native Americans as we see here they
drew sheep and a shaw man also
known as a medicine man. A
petroglyph is in the Coso region and
are in danger of keeping them from
being defaced. Taken afternoon:
3/9/13
Taken afternoon:
3/9/13

10. Mt. Whitney
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Orographic Effect
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14550 ft.
it's significance is the
tallest mountain in
the U.S. This is made by the
glaciation of the mountains
where the valley is pushed
out by the moraines making
a smooth flat but hill like
land.
Taken afternoon:
4/5/13
Taken afternoon:
4/5/13

11. Alluvial Fan
Inyo-White Mountains
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Taken afternoon:
4/5/13
Taken afternoon: 4/5/13

12. Diaz Lake Lone Pine Fault
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In 1872 the Diaz lake was created by
a large earthquake between the Inyo
mountains and Sierra Nevada
Mountains on the fault between them
and lone pine. the earthquake caused
the hills to rise and drop the ground
filling in with water creating the lake
known as a sag pond.
In 1872 the earthquake caused the base
of the Alabama hills to rise showing the
fault, creating the Diaz lake and also
caused 29 people that died from the
earthquake and destructions to those
near by cities.
Taken afternoon: 4/5/13
Taken afternoon: 4/5/13

13. Hot Stream
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The springs are hot due to them being along of the cracked fault and is
warm up by the volcanic activity underground warming the rocks. Also
when going down the stream the warmth of it decreases.
Taken evening: 4/5/13

14. Due to Bark
beetles
Dead Forest Zone
The dead forest zone was created because they had to cut down the
trees because of the bark beetles causing dead trees and removing
the trees so they do not cause a fire. The bark Beetles are here
because of the climate change.
Taken Morning: 4/6/13

15. Mono Lake
Negit Island
Paoha island
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Negit is the oldest island due to the
dark color which is produce by the lava
flow when it harden and also a volcano
(cone shape).
Taken afternoon: 4/6/13
Taken afternoon: 4/6/13

16. Former
Shoreline
Present
Tufa
Old shoreline
Expose
Shore
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The tufa's were created by the
calcium carbonate. By the
calcium in the fresh water
bubbled up and mixed with the
carbon forming the linear line of
towers.
The old shore line
stretched out to the
border of Nevada,
after WW!! Los
Angeles decided to
produce the Los
Angeles Aqueduct
from Owens Lake
and Mono lake
causing them to
dry out Owens
Lake and protested
to save Mono lake
brought it to the
courts resulting in
winning to save
Mono Lake to were
LA takes some of
the some of the
water and allowing
it to be restored
what the streams
Taken afternoon:
4/6/13
Taken afternoon:
4/6/13

17. Panum Crater
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Moraine
The glaciated valley was produced by the glaciers erode from the mountains due to
gravity and melting ice developing the Bloody Mary canyon and next to it the lateral
is V shape produce by water and terminal moraines are U shape made by ice when
the thunderstorms hit the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Panum Crater’s formed by
the magma when it erupted and the water cooling it down shaping it into a cinder
cone. Taken afternoon: 4/6/13

18. End Terminal
Grant Lake
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Taken afternoon: 4/6/13

19. Terminal moraine
Bloody Mary
Canyon
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This lake is cirque in other words round; created by the glaciers
that would melt down the mountain. The lateral moraines produce
the V shape made by the ice of the glaciers and the Terminal
Moraine is a U shape made by water of the glaciers of the Bloody
Mary Canyon.
Taken afternoon: 4/6/13

20. Oldest Rock
Formation
Terminal
Moraine
Lateral
Moraine
Convict Lake
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The darkest layers is the oldest rock formation. They are harden plate tectonics
where it pushed back the mountains. Created on the U shape (terminal Moraine)
canyon by the ice glaciers by the Ice Age.
Taken afternoon: 4/6/13

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Medina
The cross really caught my attention since it is what is trending today is wearing
the cross. Also I didn’t know that the natives were in to Christ but but their own
god and interested me because it and the pendants around it were all carved by
stone and shell dated back 4,000 years ago in this are of the Great Basin.
Taken afternoon: 4/7/13

22. Guard Shacks
Name and date when they
built Manzanar
Manzanar was a Japanese Concentration camp, after the the bombing of Pearl Harbor the
Government decided to take action and gather the Japanese and had them build their
own camp; afraid there will be domestic terrorism, propaganda: they protected the
Japanese's from others trying to hurt them. Here we see just foundations of the camp,
Because they reused the would for other camps for example the buildings they had at the
Eastern CA museum.
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Taken afternoon: 4/7/13
Taken afternoon: 4/7/13

23. Solar Power Plant
Doppler Radar
Tower
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Located on high way 395 own by
Kramer's Junction Company. Determines the
weather collecting the
information from the
Atmosphere.

24. Cucamonga Alluvial Fan
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You can’t really see it but the Alluvial fan is where on the
base of the San Gabriel mountains well behind they are
shaped like rode but are really carved by the deposits of
the mountain.
Taken afternoon: 4/9/13

25. Mining Trailing
Garlock Fault
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Off the 395 highway near
Cinder hill mining for minerals
in the Rand mining district.
Is the 2nd largest fault in California
that boarders the Mohave Desert.
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26. Los Angeles Aqueduct
Owens Dry Lake
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Owens Lake was dry up due to the
Los Angeles Aqueduct for LA can
use water.
Taken afternoon:
4/9/13
Taken afternoon: 4/9/13

27. Joshua tree
Creosote
bush
Burroweed
grass
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Taken afternoon: 4/9/13