Dish Hill in the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California, is a distinctive basalt cinder cone or scoria cone near Historic Route 66. Basin and Range Province.

How did the Basin and Range Province evolve in the western Unit... | Filo

How do the valleys form in a basin-range province? As extension and uplift occur, erosion and sedimentation happen simultaneously, but at slower rates. As extension slows down, erosion and sedimentation can overcome mountain building. | EarthScope Consortium

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Washington, DC at the Tidal Basin and Washington Monument in spring.

In the Basin and Range Province, GPS measurements reveal prolonged extension—from infinitesimal motion in eastern Utah to rates of about 6.5 mm per year in western Nevada. Compared to the rapid ~45 mm per yr movement along the California coast, this may seem minor. However, the effects of this slow, steady stretching can be observed in the presence of nearly parallel mountain ranges and valleys in the landscape of Nevada and Utah. Precise GPS observations show that ongoing extension can be monit