Vicky VeritasDec 6, 2022

Some guys, filming in the Sierra Nevada mountains outside Yosemite, run into geologist, Ron Wolf, and get an insider's peek into Convict Canyon and its "roof pendant" geology. Some guys have all the luck.

For more related informaton on this roof pendant and the geology discussed see: https://c.im/@vickyveritas/109422628054889947

https://youtu.be/2Ym7cf44cCg

#geology #RoofPendant #ConvictLake #Granite

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Attached: 1 image Mount Laurel "Roof Pendant" The volcanoes, whose inner-most workings are exposed in the granitic rocks of the Sierra Nevada, transformed the ancient sediment layers into which they were intruded. Erosion later isolated the remnants of the metamorphosed rock, suspending them above the granite as "roof pendants." The folding of these layers is most dramatically illustrated at Convict Lake when the lighting is just right. Click on the photo to below to expand. "The story of the mountains around you began half a billion years ago when sand and gravel washed off an ancient continent and built up in layers beneath a vast ocean. Changed by extreme heat and pressure, most of these rocks have eroded away, but some remain. Embedded within them are fossils of organisms that lived in the ancient sea and are some of the oldest rocks in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.” #geology #RoofPendant #MountLaurel #ConvictLake #MetamorphicMonday #ScienceMastodon

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Vicky VeritasNov 28, 2022

Mount Laurel "Roof Pendant"

The volcanoes, whose inner-most workings are exposed in the granitic rocks of the Sierra Nevada, transformed the ancient sediment layers into which they were intruded. Erosion later isolated the remnants of the metamorphosed rock, suspending them above the granite as "roof pendants." The folding of these layers is most dramatically illustrated at Convict Lake when the lighting is just right. Click on the photo to below to expand.

"The story of the mountains around you began half a billion years ago when sand and gravel washed off an ancient continent and built up in layers beneath a vast ocean. Changed by extreme heat and pressure, most of these rocks have eroded away, but some remain.

Embedded within them are fossils of organisms that lived in the ancient sea and are some of the oldest rocks in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.”

#geology #RoofPendant #MountLaurel #ConvictLake #MetamorphicMonday #ScienceMastodon