Earth:Lava stringer
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A lava stringer is an elongated concentration of mostly talus-like basalt rock found along a hillside or the base of a cliff. Many stringers occur without cliffs. A stringer is identified by its lack of vegetative cover. [1]
Gallery
Lava stringers on Red Mountain of the Steens Mountains.
Lava stringers on the southern portion of the Steens Mountains near Whisky Hill and Bone Creek.
Closeup of lava stringers on the Steens Mountains near Whisky Hill and Bone Creek.
Lava stringers on Catlow Rim with juniper trees.
Lava stringers on Catlow Rim.
Lava stringers on Catlow Rim.
References
- ↑ Maser, Chris; Geist, J. Michael; Concannon, Diane M.; Anderson, Ralph; Lovell, Burrell (1979). Wildlife Habitats in Managed Rangelands-- The Great Basin of Southeastern Oregon: Geomorphic and Edaphic Habitats. U.S. Department of Agriculture. pp. 11–12. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112104080855;view=1up;seq=13. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
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