Death Valley

One of my first experiences in "experiential science" began in Death Valley National Park.  My first significant research project in the southwest, USA, and my first real appreciation for the beauty of landscape geomorphology.

Research: Death Valley/Lake Manly Paleo-shorelines

Other interesting papers:
http://marlimillerphoto.com/DVlandscapes.pdf
Lake Manly: An Extinct Lake of Death Valley - Eliot Blackwelder, 1933
Lake Manly (?) Shorelines in the Eastern Mojave Desert, California - Roger Hooke, 1999
http://alliance.la.asu.edu/dorn/DornDeathValleyFans88.pdf
Check out google scholar and search Death Valley Turtlebacks!

Cool Virtual Field Trip:
http://www.palomar.edu/geology/DVWeb.htm