Breccia at Poverty Hills

In this photo the group is studying roadcut exposures of the Pennsylvanian Keeler Canyon Formation. The rocks were brecciated and the goal of our observations was to determine if the breccia features observed were more likely formed in a landslide or in a fault zone. Bishop's arguments seemed persuasive. If the Poverty Hills were a landslide remnant, the slide would have to have come from the Inyo Mountains where the Keeler Canyon Formation is found and the slide would have to be more than 1,000 years old.

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