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Landslide breccias in Papago Park

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Date: 2018-01-11 13:17:19
Blog: Mountain Beltway
URL: https://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2018/01/11/landslide-breccias-papago-park/

Summary:

A visit to Papago Park, north of Tempe, Arizona, reveals hanging wall rocks from the South Mountain detachment fault, a long way from South Mountain. Also, feast your eyes on these gorgeous red sedimentary breccias, interpreted to be landslide deposits from the Neogene.

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