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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Nov 15, 2015 - 09:43pm PT
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Yes, it's real.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 15, 2015 - 09:51pm PT
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Any ideas on the timing of structural upset L? Lacustrine sedimenrt? Depo-history ideas?
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Nov 15, 2015 - 10:02pm PT
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I'm no geologist, but it's a limestone formation called Yacoraite, which runs down the East side of the Andes from Peru,Bolivia, and through Salta and Jujuy provinces.
From Wiki:
Yacoraite Formation
Type Geological formation
Sub-units Amblayo, Güemes, Alemanía and Juramento Members
Underlies Olmedo Formation, Tunal Formation
Overlies Lecho Formation
The Yacoraite Formation is a largely Mesozoic geologic formation. The deposits of this formation mainly date from the Maastrichtian of the Upper Cretaceous, but the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (K–T boundary) runs right through this formation near its top, and the uppermost parts are consequently from the Danian (Lower Paleocene). It was probably deposited around the intertidal zone, as the sedimentary rocks of this formation alternate according to sea level changes between deposits of muddy beaches and of shallow ocean.[1]
Dinosaur stuff.
Perhaps more famous ( right off the main road) is el cerro de Los siete colores just outside Purmamarca. Part of the Quebrada de Humahuaca.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 15, 2015 - 10:20pm PT
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Absolutely stunner!
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Nov 15, 2015 - 10:50pm PT
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Yeah, goes on for miles and miles, too.
Had to make sure I didn't drive off the road.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2015 - 10:47pm PT
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2015 - 07:10pm PT
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 8, 2015 - 12:02pm PT
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 11, 2015 - 07:03pm PT
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there is an unclimbed dome of Navajo at roughly a mile above sea level just above this place. Access is, well.....you know.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Dec 17, 2015 - 12:42am PT
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 23, 2015 - 08:01pm PT
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Dec 23, 2015 - 08:06pm PT
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slump blocks at the toe of a land slide, altamont hills, ca
uplifted and eroded pleistocene alluvial fan deposit, northern foothills, avawatz mountains
budd creek, sept 2015
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neverwas
Mountain climber
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Dec 24, 2015 - 12:33am PT
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Dec 29, 2015 - 10:05am PT
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strange that the erosional feature on the right, more developed than the one on the left, would be positioned below a less productive looking catchment,
in fact it appears to be roughly positioned on a divide, fed primarily by fractures angling through the mid layer. lower slopes comparatively uncut ... ?
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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DMT: ^^^ Artist's Palette Death Valley...correct?
alluvial fan from the Grapevine Mountains
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Eroded & quarried remains of a Miocene Volcano in the Berkeley Hills
Sibley Volcanic Preserve
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jan 14, 2016 - 05:41pm PT
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exactomatic. but, hey we itinerant tourons know our limitations. we expect consummate coolness from free range locals!
i like that picture ... it's got stucture, eh?
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2016 - 05:45pm PT
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jan 14, 2016 - 06:18pm PT
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the intrepid cattle lad: you seem to get around where i belong. is there a window for to submit a subman resume? i drink on thursdays ... too
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