Cruise Moab 2007 Pictures

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I resized some more pictures and had to post - First the Moki Dugway, and then from Valley of the Gods, the mini sphinx and, what looks to me like, a bishop from a chess set.
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Comb Ridge (check out the undulating ridge line above and behind Rob's truck), and some Arch Canyon water crossings...
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Two canyon shotts from Lockhart (notice the sliver of river) and Onion Creek Road in the rain.
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And the steep-o-meter adjustment, Rob was really happy about this...
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Buckru said:
It is a bummer. Texas is 832 miles from top to bottom and 843 miles from side to side and 90% of the land here is privately owned. I have to drive five hours to get to my closest wheeling spot, which is a privately owned off road park. There are some great people in the club but most will never make a run farther way than the beach. The reason being most of them still think the ONLY good land cruiser is a 40 (no respect for 80's or FJ's in our club) and yet they will get beat to death if they have to drive 5 hours to wheel. Its an oxymoron. I will be our club President next year so maybe I can change opinions. Don't get me wrong, I love Texas and Houston, it would just be nice to drive an hour and be in beautiful scenery with dirt track. I read through some of yalls post about spur of the moment runs and I guess I am envious. It was also truly enjoyable for me to wheel with people who appreciate the newer trucks and understand their capabilities while in Moab.

Can I be CSC's adopted bastid step child from Texas? :D

I didn't admit Ross was right, just that he made a good decision based on lifestyle. I would never admit that in public :flipoff2:

Buck
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you gotta talk to dieseldog (his name here on MUD); I have the feeling he knows some wheeling places closer to Houston ;) :flipoff2:
 
Great Pics! Thanks - I almost forgot how much fun we had;)
 
RHINO said:
hey GEOROSS,, i havent done any research or been to this diapir area you pointed out, have you been there? it must be a gas charged mud intrusion eh?
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Yeah, I've worked in the area. It is a world class type location for "salt tectonics". Salt is a much less dense than rocks. It therefore will move around when there is an overburden of rock over it. It will move from areas of higher pressure to lower pressure and will actually flow like a viscous fluid. All the fault controlled valleys in the Moab area are the result of salt being evacuated. This creates a room problem and a graben will form, all the valleys in that area.

It is hard to know for sure how thick of salt the Permian Paradox Formation originally was, but it was somewhere between 4000 and 10000 ft thick in areas. This salt formation is the primary reason the Colorado River is so salty.

The gray stuff is the Paradox salt formation that is exposed in the Onion Ck area. It is primarily gypsum and halite.
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Here is a close up of both ductile and brittle deformation of salt movement. The brittle shows a textbook thrust sheet with horses example of contraction. This place has some of the coolest geology. Salt tectonics is really one of the major driving forces for oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. It is really cool stuff.
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