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Mono Lake Basin Geology

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Geological GigaPans from the Mono Lake Basin, California.

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  1. Negit and Paoha Islands feature prominently.

  2. Shot from the Whoa Nellie Deli viewpoint.

  3. Shot from the viewpoint on Hwy. 395. Not the best weather, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to GigaPan this view.

  4. Tufa (limestone) formations in Mono Lake, California. Receding water levels reveal the Tufa formations that are formed in the alkali water when groundwater enters the water column. As the water evaporates the limestone towers appear to grow from the lake bottom. Osprey are nesting on the large Tufa in the middle.

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  5. Closer view of the volcaniclastic sediments that comprise Black Point Volcano in California. The clasts of granite show that the volcano erupted through regions of granite bedrock or at least beds of alluviam. The horizonta nature and strong layering of these deposits indicate dispersal of tephra by water before deopos...

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  6. Wide view of volcaniclasics from one of the underwater eruptions that formed Black Point volcano about 13,000 years ago. The horizontal nature of the beds, rather than dipping away from a central vent, indicate dispersal of the tephra by water before deposition. The strong layering and relatively well sorted nature of...

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  7. Black Point Volcano lies on the northern shore of Mono Lake. In the middle of the lake are the two islands: the dark Negit Island composed of a dark dacite, and the light Paoha Island composed of recently uplifted lake sediments and some volcanics. The Mono Domes, including Panum Crater, are on the far right. Ancient s...

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  8. This is a fissure developed on the top of Black Point Volcano on the shores of Mono Lake, California. The walls of the fissure reveal near horizontally bedded layers of basaltic tephra. The gentle layering observed and all around Black Point Volcano support the notion that the tephra layers were deposited underwater. R...

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  9. The Inyo Crates are phreatic explosion pits, meaning that they were formed when rising magma encountered groundwater which caused the groundwater to vaporize and expand explosively. The surrounding volcaniclastic deposits lack volcanic material generated in the explosion, indicating a phreatic rather than magmatic orig...

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  10. Mono Lake is a salt water lake located east of Yosemite National Park. This easterly view was taken from the Mono Lake Visitor Center near the town of Lee Vining. The results of late Quaternary volcanism is visible across the view. The dark Black Point Volcano is across the lake in the left center. The dark island on t...

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