http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5 Photographs from the Big Bend Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:05:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5/river-road-vistas/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Marathon Basin Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:27:34 +0000 http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog4/?page_id=366#comment-26 [...] River Road Vistas [...] [...] River Road Vistas [...]

]]> http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5/river-road-vistas/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Alpine from the North « Geo Tex Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:24:25 +0000 http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog4/?page_id=366#comment-10 [...] The dip of the west face is at nearly the same angle as a bed of Crossen lava, 265 feet thick at the Mount Ord summit. In places the lava has been eroded away, exposing underlying soft Pruett tuff. The lava breaks off at the crest of the ridge, creating a steep escarpment on the east, 600 feet high at Mount Ord. For more see River Road Vistas. [...] [...] The dip of the west face is at nearly the same angle as a bed of Crossen lava, 265 feet thick at the Mount Ord summit. In places the lava has been eroded away, exposing underlying soft Pruett tuff. The lava breaks off at the crest of the ridge, creating a steep escarpment on the east, 600 feet high at Mount Ord. For more see River Road Vistas. [...]

]]> http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5/river-road-vistas/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Chinati Peak « Geo Tex Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:46:55 +0000 http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog4/?page_id=366#comment-9 [...] Peak (7,330 feet), taken from the Marfa Lights Viewing Center at dawn and one of my favorites from River Road Vistas, has just been made into a [...] [...] Peak (7,330 feet), taken from the Marfa Lights Viewing Center at dawn and one of my favorites from River Road Vistas, has just been made into a [...]

]]> http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5/river-road-vistas/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Marathon Basin « Geo Tex Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:31:23 +0000 http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog4/?page_id=366#comment-8 [...] The mesa on the right horizon is Elephant Mountain, prominent to the west of the basin. The mountain is capped by an enormous nepheline syenite sill, four miles long, two miles wide and 1,200 feet thick, weighing about 3 billion tons. The mountain was named for its shape, which resembles an elephant’s back when viewed from some angles. For more see River Road Vistas. [...] [...] The mesa on the right horizon is Elephant Mountain, prominent to the west of the basin. The mountain is capped by an enormous nepheline syenite sill, four miles long, two miles wide and 1,200 feet thick, weighing about 3 billion tons. The mountain was named for its shape, which resembles an elephant’s back when viewed from some angles. For more see River Road Vistas. [...]

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