Aguerberry Point, Death Valley National Park, California:

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Our 2003 GEOL4717/5717 class is front and center in this image as Roy Coulthard discusses the origin of the thick miogeoclinal section visible both behind him to the left and at the far right (as you pan the image). Beyond Roy are the Grapevine Mountains, and to the left (north along our ridgeline) is Tucki Mountain. Continuing to the left past north to northwest is the Emigrant Pass area. Several large normal faults have been rotated to be flat or even a reverse dip in this area. Beyond Harrisburg Flat is Nova Peak, made up of Miocene to Pliocene sediment and volcanic rock in the upper plate of the normal fault systems. From the initial view right, the Funeral Mountains across the valley give way to the Black Mountains just across Death Valley. In the distance are the Spring Mountains in Nevada. the uppermost Precambrian and lower Cambrian sediments are visible in the foreground to the right.

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