24. Oldest rock formations
CONVICT
LAKE
THE LAKE CREATION: DURING
THE ICE AGE GLACIERS FORMED
THE SIERRA NEVADAS’. THE
SIERRA NEVADAS’ PICKED UP
ROCKS AS RIVERS OF ICE
MOVED DOWNHILL, MOUNDS
OF RUBLE (MORAINES) WERE
DEPOSITED AT THE ENDS AND
ALONG THE SIDES OF GLACIERS.
A RETREATING GLACIER FROM
THE LAST ICE AGE LEFT BEHIND
THE MORAINE THAT DAMMED
CONVICT CREEK, HELPING FORM
CONVICT LAKE.
25. KEOUGHS
HOT
SPRINGS
The hot springs were created from
earthquake activity. As water flows
through cracks created by
earthquakes, it is heated by
underground lava and pushed up.
31. A Doppler radar is a specialized radar that makes use of the Doppler effect to produce
velocity data about objects at a distance. It does this by beaming a microwave signal
towards a desired target and listening for its reflection, then analyzing how the
frequency of the returned signal has been altered by the object's motion. This variation
gives direct and highly accurate measurements of the radial component of a target's
velocity relative to the radar.
32. Garlock Fault
The Garlock Fault is a left-lateral strike-slip fault running approximately northeast-southwest along the north margins of the Mojave Desert of
Southern California. It runs for much of its length along the southern base of the Tehachapi Mountains.
34. O W E N S D RY L A K E
Owens held significant water until 1924, until much of the Owens River was diverted into the Los Angeles
Aqueduct, causing it to desiccate. Today, some of the flow of the river has been restored, and the lake now contains
some water.