Eastern Mojave Vegetation
By Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation | Images -- Geography - Central Mojave |
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By Tom Schweich |
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US I-15 as seen from Harvard Hill. |
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| Afton Canyon
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"Norms Nook," a slot canyon tributary to Afton Canyon | This slot canyon shows the rapid incision that has occurred since Afton Canyon formed. This tributary has incised in response to the rapidly lowered base level of Afton Canyon. Vertical incision occurred first, and the meandering of the stream from side to side is responsible for the overhangs. When the stream reaches a reasonable longitudinal gradient, a significant widening of the channel develops. Eventually the overhangs break off and the channel walls become vertical (Reynolds & Reynolds, 2000).
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Field trip stop in Afton Canyon |
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Field trip stop on the shore of Lake Manix | Norman Meek discusses the history of Pleistocene Lake Manix at this field trip stop on the 1780 ft. shoreline of the former lake.
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| Almond Mountain
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Wildflowers at Almond Mountain. |
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| Atolia
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Sign for Atolia |
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| Barstow
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The Barstow Depot. | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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Welding project beside the road. | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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Barstow as seen from Irwin Road | Photograph taken 24 April 2010.
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| Barstow Syncline
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Jean Miller & Dan Rosen at the Barstow Syncline. | Photographed in March 1991.
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| Blackwater Well
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Blackwater Well. |
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Blackwater Well with Almond Mountain in the background. |
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| Boron
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US Borax Plant at Boron. | Photograph taken 30-Apr-07.
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| Buwalda Ridge
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Buwalda Ridge from Afton Road | Photograph taken 23 April 2010.
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The Mojave River flows past Buwalda Ridge. | Photograph taken 23 April 2010.
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Air Photo showing Buwalda Ridge and Manix Wash | Photograph taken 23 April 2010. This map was brought by Marith Reheis, and was also used on other field trips to this area. We are at the location marked Day 2 Stop 2.
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| Central Mojave Desert
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Near Field Trip Stop P-3 | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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Near Field Trip Stop P-3 | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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Road along the Union Pacific tracks. | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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Indian Trail Road off of Old US Hwy 66 | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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Helendale Road, near the north end at CA Hwy 58 | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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The route north. | Photograph taken 21 April 2010. The route through these little hills, as described in Reynolds & Miller (2010) is from north to south. I did it from south to north, so I went down this little canyon, If you're following the field trip guide, you'll come up the little canyon.
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Road up to the top of the bluff. | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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Helendale, as seen from the north. | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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Road Junction; National Trails Highway and unknown road. | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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Field Trip Stop P-5 | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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Approximate Location of Field Trip Stop P-4 | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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Take the middle road. | Photograph taken 21 April 2010. If you're following the route in reverse order, i.e., from south to north, it can be hard to find the route down off the bluff. There are three routes north. The westernmost dead ends at a fine viewpoint. The easternmost goes into the housing development. Take the middle route shown here.
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| Cronese Basin
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Cronese Basin with Cave Mountain. | The Cronese Basin with Cave Mountain on the south (left) side. The Basin Road overpass over U. S. Interstate 15 can be seen at the extreme left.
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| Daggett Ridge
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Outcrop of Peach Spring Tuff | Photograph taken 23 April 2010.
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Field Trip Stop M-12 | Photograph taken 24 April 2010.
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Field Trip Stop M-12 | Photograph taken 24 April 2010.
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Looking north from Daggett Ridge | Photograph taken 24 April 2010.
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Stromatolitic limestone | Photograph taken 24 April 2010.
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Overturned section of Barstow Formation at Columbus/Gem Mine | Photograph taken 23 April 2010.
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| Desert Tortoise Natural Area
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Matt and Scott at the entrance. | Photographed in April 1981.
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| Drinkwater Valley
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Field trip stop on Irwin Road. | During a field trip stop in the Drinkwater Valley, Terry Pavlis of the University of New Orleans discusses the evidence for 90 degrees of clockwise rotation of the Avawatz Mountains in the late Cenozoic (Pavlis et al., 1998).
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| Emerald Basin
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Getting the explanation of Emerald Basin. | Photograph taken 24 April 2010.
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Emerald bed in the Barstow Formation | Photograph taken 24 April 2010. The mineral making the green color is Celadonite, a greenish mineral of hydrated iron, magnesium, potassium silicate containing small amounts of aluminum, calcium, sodium, and numerous trace elements.
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What we saw in the Emerald Basin. | Photograph taken 24 April 2010.
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| Fremont Valley
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Goler Road crosses Fremont Valley. | Koehn Dry Lake in the left middleground.
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US Hwy 395 crosses Fremont Valley | This is the extreme east end of Fremont Valley.
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Fremont Valley from the mouth of Pine Tree Canyon | Photograph taken April 17, 2008.
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CA Hwy 14 at Pine Tree Canyon | Photograph taken April 17, 2008. The mouth of Jawbone Canyon is in the distance.
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| Garlock
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Remains of the town of Garlock. | Garlock flourished in the late 1800s when gold was discovered in Goler Gulch. Photograph taken in May, 1998.
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| Garlock Fault
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Cabin near Goler Heights | Photograph taken April 25, 2009.
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Dispersed camping at Goler Gulch | Photograph taken April 25, 2009.
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Escarpment of El Paso Mountains | Photograph taken April 25, 2009.
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Overview of Eastern California Shear Zone. | Photograph taken April 25, 2009.
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Cabin near Goler Heights | Photograph taken April 25, 2009.
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"Art by Kristal" alongside Garlock Road. | Photograph taken April 25, 2009. I also stopped and talked with Ricky Ricardo for a few minutes.
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| Harvard Hill
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Structure of south Harvard Hill | Photograph taken 23 April 2010.
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David Miller shows the location of the thrust fault. | Photograph taken 23 April 2010.
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| Harvard Maze
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View west across a portion of the Harvard Maze | Photograph taken April 23, 2011.
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| Kramer Junction
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Present Day Kramer Station. | Annie Alexander and Louise Kellogg collected here on April 19, 1940. Photograph taken May 27, 2001. The nearby cemetary was erected in late 1920, for the workers who died while building the railroad.
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| Lake Manix
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Field discussion of the history of Lake Manix | Photograph taken 23 April 2010.
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Field Trip Stop: Dunn Wash Gravel Quarry. | Photograph taken 23 April 2010.
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Discussion of the depositional environment of the Lake Manix sediments. | Photograph taken 23 April 2010. Mojave River in the background.
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Two fossil bones weathered out of Lake Manix sediments. | Photograph taken 23 April 2010.
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Field Trip Stop on the shores of Lake Manix | Photograph taken 23 April 2010.
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Field discussion of the source of the Manix Ash in the Lake anix sediments | Photograph taken 23 April 2010.
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Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) in Lake Manix deposits. | Photograph taken 23 April 2010.
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| Landers
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Trying to escape from the rupture of the Landers earthquake. | Photographed 5 July 1992. Scanned 28 November 2020.
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Christina at a surface rupture of the Landers earthquake. | Photographed 5 July 1992. Scanned 28 November 2020.
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| Lime Hill
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Looking at bedded limestone on Lime Hill | Photograph taken April 23, 2011, on Lime Hill, San Bernardino County, California.
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Field discussion of the geology in today's field trip. | Photograph taken April 23, 2011, near Lime Hill, San Bernardino County, California.
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| Little Borate
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General view of Little Borate | Photograph taken 24 April 2010.
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Chevron folds in Barstow Formation at Little Borate | Photograph taken 24 April 2010.
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| Mojave River
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The Mojave River and Helendale. | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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The Mojave River looking toward Wild Crossing | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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The Mojave River at Wild Crossing | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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The Mojave River at Hinkley Road | Photograph taken 21 April 2010.
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| Mojave Valley
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View north from Columbus/Gem mine. | Photograph taken 23 April 2010.
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Who is this guy? Why does he keep showing up in my Mojave Desert photos? | At Field Trip Stop 1-1, we are looking at mid-Pleistocene Lake Manix. Here tufa was deposited by blue-green algae on alluvial fan deposits in clear water. (The person in the photograph is Bob Reynolds, leader of the field trip, and prime instigator of the annual Desert Research Symposium.)
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Agriculture in the Central Mojave. | This photograph looks east from Harvard Hill across the Mojave River to the Cady Mountains. The large green circle is one of several alfalfa fields in this area. Ground water is pumped into huge sprinkler systems to irrigate the alfalfa. The combination of soil disturbance and declining water tables has destabilized the landscape resulting in increased sand movement and dust storms that have been blamed for fatal highway accidents. The cars and people are participating in the 2002 Desert Research Symposium field trip and are here in Harvard Hill to review marker beds in the Miocene Barstow Formation..
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Field trip discussion of the Miocene Barstow Basin. | Small hill capped by resistant silicified algal limestone (MSL). The algal mats preserved here are the deep water facies of the MSL marker unit.
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View of Mojave Valley from Dagget Ridge | US Interstate 40 crosses the photograph in the middle ground. In the right middle ground is the Solar One solar power generation station. US Interstate 15 passes through Yermo in the near background, behind which are the Calico Mountains. Alvord Mountain is seen behind the Calico mountains.
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View south across Mojave River from Harvard Hill. | Photograph taken 23 April 2010. Newberry Springs to the south at the base of the hills.
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Vicinity of Camp Cady on the Mojave River. | Photograph taken 20-April-06
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| New Dunn
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Field Trip Stop at New Dunn | Photograph taken 23 April 2010. Photograph looks across the Union Pacific tracks hidden in the cut through Lake Manix sediments.
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Union Pacific passes the site of Dunn. | Photograph taken 23 April 2010.
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Looking at root casts high in the section of the Afton Arm of Lake Manix | Photograph taken 23 April 2010.
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