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Lake Mead - erosionally carved pinnacles of Quaternary-age sediments

Detailed Description

Large boulders cap erosionally carved pinnacles of Quaternary-age sediments in lower Techatticup Wash west of Nelson Landing. In the foreground, Quaternary-age gravels unconformably overlie older gray and red volcanic tuff beds (Tingley and others, 2001).

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Public Domain.