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Coso Volcanic Field
A basaltic lava flow that is typical of the process that created the stepped terraces of Coso as it flowed across the landscape, producing a more or less flat surface eroding to a sheer front.
Highest point
Elevation7,874 ft (2,400 m)[1]
Coordinates36°02′N 117°49′W / 36.03°N 117.82°W / 36.03; -117.82[1]
Geography
LocationInyo County, California, US
Parent rangeCoso Range
Topo mapUSGS Cactus Pk (CA)
Geology
Age of rockPliocene to Quaternary[1]
Mountain typeMonogenetic volcanic field and Lava domes[1]
Last eruption39,000 yrs

The Coso Volcanic Field is located in Inyo County, California, at the western edge of the Basin and Range geologic province and northern region of the Mojave Desert. The Fossil Falls are part of the Coso Field, created by the prehistoric Owens River. They are within the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and northeast of Little Lake and U.S. Route 395.

  1. ^ a b c d "Coso Volcanic Field". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2009-01-06.

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