Mormon Point Area

Mormon Point has an excellent example of shoreline features from Pluvial Lake Manly. It is composed of Quaternary conglomerates and siltstones capping a turtleback formation, where Precambrian metamorphic rocks are brought close to the surface.

Shorelines at Mormon Point.
Shorelines at Mormon Point.
Fault scarp at the bottom of Mormon Point. This scarp correlates to the scarps in the Badwater area.
Fault scarp at the bottom of Mormon Point. This scarp correlates to the scarps in the Badwater area.
Shorelines visible as horizontal lines on the face of the steep mountain face.
Shorelines visible as horizontal lines on the face of the steep mountain face.

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