Photographs of Black Canyon City Landslide, Advanced Field Geology 2003

Photos by Ramón Arrowsmith. Locations are his map locs.
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View NNW at
station 2-8A

Snow to the east

View of SE-side of toe
to SW

Fractures looking west
at 2-8B

Strat team
lower section

Strat team
lower section

SE toe from 2-8C

SE toe from 2-8C

SE toe from 2-8C

N dips in slide mass
from 2-8C

N dips in slide mass
from 2-8C

Slide overview
from SSE

East side stratigraphy
from approx. 2-8C
scale in far upper left

East side stratigraphy
from approx. 2-8C
scale in far upper left

Toe zone
from approx 2-8C
(scale in lower right)

Panorama looking east
from 2-9E.
Suggestion of internal
structure (~5
blocks, N-dipping strat.
w/ S-dipping faults
for boundaries.

Panorama looking east
from 2-9E.
Suggestion of internal
structure (~5
blocks, N-dipping strat.
w/ S-dipping faults
for boundaries.

Toe on west side
from 2-9E

Toe on west side
from 2-9E

Toe on west side
from 2-9E

Toe on west side
from 2-9E

View SSE along
toe structure from 2-9F

View E at major fractures
on west side from 2-9F

View E over fracture system
from 2-9G

View E over fracture system
from 2-9G

View E over fracture system
from 2-9G

Major fractures ~50-100 m
N of above

View E in
major lower graben

Deepest graben zone
(to East)

Deepest graben zone
(to East)

Deepest graben zone
(to East)

Deepest graben zone
(to East)

Deepest graben zone
(to East)

Deepest graben zone
(to East)

Deepest graben zone
(to East)

Deepest graben zone
(to East)

View SW of
W fracture zone

View SW of
W fracture zone

View SW of
W fracture zone

View SW of
W fracture zone

Tilted layers
at 2-9B

Seds (at 2-9H) below QTb2
with basaltclasts to compare
with 2-9B