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| Mount Whitney, Inyo County: http://www.geologictrips.com/sn/snpmw.htm |
This week, I visited the Inyo County to research
their geological history. I chose this county due to the Sierra Nevada, and its
summit Mount Whitney. This land mass was once an ocean floor and has grown to what
it is today, over millions of years. Before that, there was another mountain
range that was in its place and is still present on the bottom of the Sierra. This
mountain range was worn down by erosion over the years until not much remained.
The current mountain range was uplifted by faults in the Earth’s crust. The
faults that are under these mountain ranges are miles long, are active on an
almost daily basis and are known for having higher destruction magnitudes in
recent years.
Three different pieces of information or data I’d
request, to understand more about this area would be a timeline of the major faults
and their magnitudes. This could help in lining that data up with the current range and
all of its layers. I would also like to see what the other range looked like to
see how much destruction is in this area and over how long it took to wither
away. Also, I’d like to know what geological remains or fossils have been found
in this area to help date the different layers.
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