Columnar Jointed Basal in Texas

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Columnar Jointed Basalt in Texas

 

 

Columnar Jointed Basalt in Fort Davis, Texas

Columnar jointed basalt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fort Davis Texas. This wall of Columnar Jointed Basalt protects the old army fort there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columnar basalt in ancient lava flow near Ft Davis, Texas

 

 

 

 

 

 

All kinds of volcanic activity are present in the Davis Mountains. Lava flows with columnar joints are common as are thick ash-flow tuffs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columnar basalt in ancient lava flow near Ft Davis, Texas

Columnar basalt in ancient lava flow near Ft Davis, Texas

 

 

 

 

 

 

The magma that formed these rocks either flowed out or was blasted out of two main volcanic centers, one south of Ft Davis the other north west of Ft Davis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columnar Jointed Basalt in ancient lava flow near Ft. Davis, Texas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of these 37-million year old lava flows are nearly 1,000 feet thick.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Large face of columnar jointed basalt near Ft Davis, Texas

columnar jointed basalt near Ft Davis, Texas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columnar-jointed lava flow caps mesa between Balmorhea and Ft Davis, Texas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columnar Jointed Basalt near Fort Davis Texas

Basalt near Fort Davis Texas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Close up of columnar-jointing lava flow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columnar Jointed Basalt in Davis Mountains of west Texas

Columnar Jointed Basalt in Davis Mountains of west Texas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More columnar-jointed lava flow from the Davis Mountains of west Texas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columnar Jointed Basalt from ancient lava flow in Davis Mountains of west Texas

ancient lava flow in Davis Mountains of west Texas

 

 

 

 

 

More lava flow and even the untrained eye can recognize the columnar-jointing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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