Back to HistoryCake Driving Tour - Highway 14 and the 395 - Welcome and OverviewStop 11 of 57
Basin and Ranges Geology
As we transition between the San Gabriel range and the Mojave basin, we are at a good point to consider the type of land formation and deformation creating the topography around us.
Palmdale, CAWritten by historians, never AIResearched & written by Marc Striegel
In the app, this story plays on its own as you reach this spot. This page is the preview.
See the full tourListen
Narration
In the app, the full narration plays when you're on location.
The story
Basin and Ranges Geology
Mountains are pushed up and built by the friction and train wreck of the pacific plate converging with the continental plate upon which north america rides. Basins are where the plate is literally stretched thin and become the valleys and alluvial fill we see as the ranges weather and gravity pulls their falloff down the slopes in a seeming attempt to flatten the world over with alluvium skirting their bases in fans.
On the route
Where it sits
In the app, this stop triggers as you arrive.
You are here
Almost here
Hear it where it happened.
The History Cake app is in the final stretch. Leave your email and we'll send one note when this story can play for you on the spot.
Be first in line
One email at launch. No worries, no spam.