A Slice of Local Geology
Ubehebe Crater near Death Valley, created by a volcanic steam explosion, offers an unusual look at the local geology by creating a natural cross-section of the subsurface. Towards the center of the image, the shifted layers reveal recent earthquake activity that has also created a fault scarp at the rim of the crater.
Taken on 28
May
2017
Submitted on Jan. 30, 2018
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Location
- North America (739)
- Northern America (578)
- United States of America (386)
- Exact location (-117.4544 W, 37.0082 N)
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fault, crater, earthquake, desert, geology, layers, death valley, volcanism
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Credit: Tobias Keller (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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