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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
END OF THE ROAD
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