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Plate 13.11
The Blackhawk Slide, fanning out across the
Mojave desert from the San Bernadino mountains (to the
right), southern California, USA. Seen here from 30,000 ft,
the lobe is 8 km long, 3 km wide, with a front 35 m high, and
consists of millions of tons of disintegrated marble. The slide
occurred 17,000 years ago, perhaps triggered by an
earthquake in the nearby San Andreas fault zone.
Photo: Ken Addison.
