Pyramid Lake, Nevada

PYRAMID LAKE, NEVADA

 

PYRAMID LAKE - Gary Foster Photograph

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"Pyramid Lake is the terminus of the Truckee River which originates at Lake Tahoe and conveys water to Pyramid Lake. I would have to check, but I believe this is the only place in the US where one lake fills another, and there is not an outlet from the second (receiving) lake (Pyramid Lake). The water is trapped." Gary Foster

 

 

GRAIN DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS (AGI CHART)

International Space Station 180mm Photograph Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center

GRAIN SHAPE CHARACTERISTICS

(PREPARED BY GAMMA ZETA CHAPTER , SIGMA GAMMA EPSILON, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY - AGI CHART))

Roundness is the degree of smoothing due to abrasion of sedimentary particles. It is expressed as the ratio of the average radius of curvature of the edges or corners to the radius of curvature of the maximum inscribed sphere.

The sphericity of a particle is: the ratio of the surface area of a sphere (with the same volume as the given particle) to the surface area of the particle.

     
 

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SUTCLIFFE HIGHWAY, WEST SHORELINE

 
     

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