STS110-718-20 Click the photo number to access all resolutions available and the database record.
| STS-110 Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers May 28, 2002 |
| GEOLOGY AND LAKES |
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| STS110-718-20 |
STS110-718-20 Click the photo number to access all resolutions available and the database record. |
| SW U.S.A. and N. Mexico: Several major physiographic and tectonic provinces are embraced by this fine view: the forested Mogollon Rim defines the edge of the relatively flat-lying Colorado Plateau. Between there and the Sierra Nevada are the stubby ranges and light-colored basins of the Basin and Range Province, where the crust of the continent is being stretched. The Gulf of California marks the location of a rift zone, and farther north is the San Andreas fault system -- a transform fault boundary between the North American and Pacific tectonic plates.STS110-718-28=Colorado Plateau, Uinta Mts., Sangre de Cristo, Jemez Mts., Rio Grande rift. As with 718-20, this panorama takes in several physiographic and tectonic elements: the Colorado Plateau, ranges of the Rocky Mt. chain (Uinta Mts., Sangre de Cristo), and the Rio Grande rift. The Jemez volcanic complex (near center) occupies the intersection of a Rio Grande rift fault and transverse fault zone that crosses the rift. |
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