Days Three and Four – Mojave 2015

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Day three was spent examining the sedimentology, structure and paleontology, and a bit of the wildlife biology at Owl Canyon. We even stopped at the Payless Shoestore in nearby Barstow (Dr. Wilson’s hometown).

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The wildlife was the desert tortoise.

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The first stop the next day was the Granite Mountains.

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Students (above) discussed the possibility of magma mixing and the enclaves of mafics.

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The group on a large sphere of granite.

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The next stop was Amboy Crater – a large basaltic cinder cone with associated lava flows. This is a view of the cone looking from the inside out as Nick secures the perimeter.

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Dr. Pollock was in her element on the ridge of basalt.

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Dr. Judge explains to the group how during a time of tectonic extension large-scale folding can develop. This was the last stop of the day at Calico Ghost Town.

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The tight ptigmatic folds are almost isoclinal – almost.

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Using some sticks found on the side of the parking lot – Dr. Judge folds the earths crust at the location along a strike-slip fault, where the fault makes a bend.

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Zach Downes was up early taking a photo of the sunrise across Soda Lake – our home playa.

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