Sunday, August 11, 2019

Week 6 - Geological Interpretations Kevin Kapka

Mountain Region

In California there are four main regions and I chose to visit the mountain region. This region is located on the northern side of California mainly inland. There are three places I am going to visit on this trip through the mountain region. The first visit is called Mount Shasta, and this is located in Siskiyou County of California. This mountain range is more than 3,000 feet above sea level! As always, this mountain wasn’t just placed here by someone, but rather the plates under the surface created this mountain. Mount Shasta was and still is a volcano, but it has been quiet for quite some time. The combination of the earth’s plates moving and that triggering a volcano causes this evaluated land mass which we call mountains. The next element that intrigued me was the climate the Mountain region had. Since everything is so much higher above sea level breathing felt different. There was not an abundance of oxygen like there is when closer to sea level. Also, this region does not remind me of California where there are beaches everywhere and the sunny is beaming down on you. Rather, it feels chilly and foggy up in this area. Obviously, most of that has to do with the location and how high we are but still a unique experience to think this is California. The last place I went to go visit was the Sierra mountains which borders northern California and Nevada. This mountain formed hundred million years ago. What is different about this mountain then Mount Shasta is the range started to uplift which essentially started the process. Through time this uplift created erosion from the granite to look like this amazing mountain. Along the way there were glaciers that came and gone to help shape mountain. Sierra Mountain is mostly igneous rock that covers the land mass. Overall this was a great experience to learn about the mountain region of California.
Mount Shasta


Sierra Nevada



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