Denudation, weathering and mass wasting - Fundamentals of the Physical Environment - page 300

Plate 13.12 Stratified Volcanoclastic sediments (ash and
cinders) from repeated Quaternary eruption of local cinder
cones in the Panamint valley, south-eastern California.
Photo: Ken Addison

Plate 13.13 Small debris fans below tectonically active
footwalls of the Amargosa range (1,525-1,900 m OD), and
crossed by small fault scarps, on the south-eastern flank of
Death Valley, California.
Photo: Ken Addison

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Plate 13.14 Large debris fans emerging from the less active
eastern hanging wall of the Panamint range (2,700-3,500m
OD), on the west flank of Death Valley.
Photo: Ken Addison

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Figure 13.12 Block diagram to show the major sedimento-
logical environments associated with an active continental
half-graben. 1-4 refer to successively younger fan segments.
Source: After Leeder and Gawthorpe (1987)

Plate 13.15 A saline pool forming part of the Badwater
Basin ephemeral lake in Death Valley in the United States at
the lowest point of -86 m OD.
Photo: Ken Addison