Dust in Gravity EarthCache
Hidden : 1/25/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Dust in Gravity.. Everything comes to an end..

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Congratulations to snakeman911 for the FTF

I was in the area exploring noticed a Geological feature of a Slump and Slide formation. The formation is noticeably visible from the road and you can enter the area from an unlocked gate or stop and look from the parking area with out making a short walk.

Tumey Hills are underlain by marine sedimentary rocks primarily of Cretaceous age (65 million years ago). During the Cretaceous, most of California that we see today was underwater. Small islands, representing the very highest points of the present day Coast Range, had just begun to emerge from the ocean. The present day Central Valley was a shallow sea. Large sea-dwelling reptiles, such as Mosasaurs and Plesiosaurs, swam the shallow seas along with sea turtles and other marine animals near the islands. Both the Tumey Hills and Panoche Hills have produced important fossil finds,including mosasaurs and hadrosaurs.

There have been many geological events that have molded that area as we see today. Tectonics and erosion have played a big part in the sculpture of most of California and here is more evidence.

Examples of Slides:
Slump
A slump is a downward and outward movement of rock or unconsolidated material moving as a unit or series of units. Large blocks of material move suddenly downward and outward along a curved plane.

Rockslide
Rockslides are the most catastrophic type of landslide. They involve a sudden rapid slide of bedrock along planes of weakness. Rockslides are very common in the oversteepened canyons and drainages.

Debris Slide
A debris slide is a small sudden downstope movement of unconsolidated material. This type of slide produces a hummocky surface of low relief.

Landslide to the west

Questions:
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1. Looking at the formation, Which direction is the slide flowing?
2. What is the color of the rock?
3. What kind of slide event with using the chart above?
4. From your GPS, what is your elevation?
5. The number of people in your party.

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