TERRESTRIAL DEPOSITS OF OWENS VALLEY 



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Carroll and Lone Pine creeks, which are large streams flowing in the 

 high central part of well-developed fans. Carroll Creek canyon is 

 250 ft. deep at the head of the fan, and shallows to less than 50 ft. 

 at the edge of the bajada. Shepard Creek is almost as large as 

 either of the two streams previously mentioned, but it flows on 

 the side of its fan, where the surface and gradient are lower, and 

 its canyon is only 30 ft. deep. Hogback Creek has cut deeply at 

 the head of its fan, but farther out, where the stream has shifted 

 to the side, there is little intrenchment. 



Fig. 2. — -The canyon of Carroll Creek in the Sierra bajada. The dark strip 

 consists of trees 20 ft. high. 



These canyons are the most conspicuous topographic features 

 of the bajada. They clearly follow the building of the bajada, and 

 were excavated under different conditions. They therefore have 

 both an expository and a historical value. Problems connected 

 with them will be discussed later. 



BOWLDER BELTS 



A fourth topographic feature of the bajada consists of almost 

 innumerable lines of bowlders which, though primarily a matter 

 of the constitution of the bajada, affect the topography in a minor 

 way. 



These lines of bowlders have a radiate arrangement similar to 

 that of the channels and ridges. The bowlders are so close together 



