A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | On top of a cinder cone in the Cima Volcanic Field, California |
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| Description | This view shows the top of one of the many cinder cones in the Cima Volcanic Field, with another cone visible in the distance to the North. The volcanic eruptions that produced the cones of the Mojave National Preserve occurred between 5 and 20 million years ago when the region was the site of intense mountain building activity. The student is looking for xenoliths - inclusions of the Earth's mantle carried up in the basaltic magma. The Cima field offers many such samples. |
| Location | USA ▹ California. Near Baker. Mojave National Preserve, about 25 km southeast of Baker, California, several km east of the Kel-Baker Rd. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 2003-02-16. |
| Key words | Cima, cinder cones, California, xenolith |
| Tech details | 557 KB. Vista. Canon Powershot S40 digital camera. |
| GeoDIL number | 2971 |
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