MORMON ROCKS/NORTH ETIWANDA PRESERVE

November 18th, 2010

By Candice Welch-AcostaGeography Lab 111

Fall 2010

MORMON ROCKS

CREATED ABOUT 30 MILLION YEARS AGO BY TILTING FROM TECTONIC ACTION..LOCATED ON THE NORTH AMERICAN PLATE ALONG SIDE THE CAJON PASS.

SAN ANDREAS RIFT ZONE

A RIFT ALONG THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT SEPRATING THE PACIFIC PLATE TO THE WEST AND THE NORTH AMERICAN PLATE TO THE EAST

THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT IS A RIGHT LATERIALSTRIKE SLIP FAULT RUNNING ABOUT 800 MILES

GRANULAR STRUCTURE

• SEDIMENTARY CROSS BEDDING* LAYERS OF WEATHER DEPOSITION

SANDSTONE

NATURAL HOLES

HOLES CREATED BY:•RAIN•ICE •SNOW•WIND

NATIVE AMERICANS USEDHOLES (CAVES) AS SHELTER

VEGETATIONOF MORMON ROCKS

SCRUB OAK

SHRUB

SAGE

WHITE SAGE

GRASS

NORTH ETIWANDA PRESERVE

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY HABITAT PRESERVATION AREA

1200 ACRES

ALLUVIAL FAN

POINTS OF INTEREST:*WATER DELIVERY SYSTEM*ANIMAL HABITAT*PLANT HABITAT*GRAND PRIX FIRE*EARTHQUAKE SCARP

WATER AND FIRE

OLD CLAY WATER PIPESWITH HANDMADE

ROCK DAM

BURNED VEGETATION FROM 2003 GRAND PRIX FIRE

LIFE OF THE PRESERVE

ANIMAL LIFE

PLANT LIFE

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