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Name of Province:
Sierra Nevada
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SierraNevada
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Description of Province:The Sierra Nevada is a granite mountain
range formed by a tilted fault block nearly 400 miles long.
Sierra Nevada
fault blockGreat ValleyNevada
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Half Dome
The sierra granite was formed by the slow cooling of an enormous underground magma chamber.
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The rock was uplifted and exposed to weathering and erosion, creating the mountain range we see today.
Weathering by glaciers carved out this valley (Yosemite Valley).
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Lake Tahoe is part of the Sierra Nevada mountain
range.
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Lake Tahoe
The Tahoe Basin dropped between two uplifted blocks.
Tahoe Basin
Sierra Crest Carson Range
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LakeTahoe
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Mt. Whitney in the Sierra Nevada range is the tallest mountain in the “lower 48” states (14,491 feet elevation).
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What geologic hazards would you expect to find in this province?
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Hazards:
• Volcanoes
• Landslides
Mammoth Mountain
Mill Creek
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Specific Event:
January 24, 1997, Mill Creek landslide along Highway 50 near
Lake Tahoe.
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SierraNevadaMountains
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Name of Province:
Basin and Range
Basin and Range
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BasinAndRange
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Description of Province:The Basin and Range is a land of parallel deep valleys (down-dropped basins) and high mountains (ranges).
Death Valley National Park
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Basin
RangeEast face of Sierra Nevada mountain range
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NevadaCalifornia
Note the parallel, north-south orientation of the basins and ranges.
South
North
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What geologic hazards would you expect to find in this province?
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Hazards:
• Volcanoes
• Landslides
Long Valley Caldera
Poverty Hills (Owens Valley)
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Specific Event:
1986-Present: Volcanic activity at
Long Valley Caldera
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The Long Valley Caldera is the most active volcanic area in California.
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BasinAndRange
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