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B8 Evaporite deposit. Death Valley National Park. California, USA
Position:
N36° 23'
W116° 45' approx.
Elevation:
sea level - approx.
Image format:
MF
EVAPORITE DEPOSITS
Between the SAND DUNES in this desert area of Death Valley National
Park, California, USA, are depressions where occasional heavy
rainfall accumulates. Water does not stay on the surface long
in this hot, arid dessert. Soon EVAPORATED by the searing heat,
all that remains of a little lake may be a thin crust of CRYSTALLINE
SALT that has PRECIPITATED out of the evaporated solution. These
are known as EVAPORITE DEPOSITS. The irregular pattern of cracks
show how the salt shrank as it dried.
Less detail
Image Trail:
B7 Sand dunes & wind ripples. Death Valley Ntl Park. California,
USA
L31 Evaporite deposit. Bonneville Salt Flats. Utah, USA
L35 Fossilized ripple marks. Capitol Reef National Park. Utah, USA
B11 Arid desert. Mexican Hat. Utah, USA
L68 Dust Storm Owens Lake. California, USA
L69 Evaporite Tufa Mono Lake. California, USA
L72 White Gypsum Sand, White Sands National Monument, New Mexico,
USA
H1 River in an arid area. Fremont River, Capitol Reef National Park.
Utah, USA
Links:
http://www.utah.com/places/public_lands/bonneville_salt.htm
http://www.nps.gov/whsa/
http://www.nps.gov/whsa/geology.htm |
