Eastern Mojave Vegetation Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation | Kelbaker Road - Mojave National Preserve |
| Tom Schweich |
Topics in this Article: Literature Cited | (No Preface)
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| Literature Cited: Other Articles: California Highway 127: at Baker Interstate 15: Baker Locations: Baker. | BakerJunctions:
|  Signs on
Kelbaker Road, leaving Baker.
Signs on Kelbaker Road, as you are leaving Baker. This picture was taken on a rainy Saturday afternoon. It is 35 miles to Kelso, where there are no services, and 78 miles to the nearest services.
| |  Kelbaker
Road near Baker in an El Niņo Spring rain.
Kelbaker Road near Baker in an El Niņo-sponsored spring rain. From Baker, the road climbs 1100 ft up a broad bajada on the northwest slope of Cima Dome into the Cima Volcanic Field.
| | Other Articles: Field Notes: 20010422110
| | Locations: Cima Volcanic Field.
| Cima Volcanic Field |
 Joshua tree
(Yucca brevifolia) in bloom along Kelbaker Road.
Other Articles: Glossary: cinder_cone
Matt, Kate and Roy with Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) in bloom along Kelbaker Road. A cinder cone in the Cima Volcanic Field is in the background.
| | Other Articles: Power Line Road: Kelbaker Road Junction: Power Line
Road | |  Providence
Mountains from Kelbaker Road.
The Providence Mountains as seen from Kelbaker Road where the road begins to descend toward Kelso. The Providence Mountains are very rugged on the northwest face shown here, and easier to visit from the southeast side.
The Mid Hills are the northeast extension of the Providence Mountains ridge line as seen at left.
| |  Outcrop of
fossiliferous Paleozoic limestone along Kelbaker Road. 
Close-up of fossiliferous limestone on Kelbaker Road.
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|  Kelso Dunes as
seen from Kelbaker Road north of Kelso. Locations: Kelso Dunes.
Kelso Dunes as seen from Kelbaker Road north of Kelso. |
|  Kelso Depot in April 1998. Other Articles: Kelso Cima Road: in Kelso Locations: Kelso.
| KelsoJunctions: Kelso Cima Road | Other Articles: Article: "cavulmin" not found in tblArticles
Junctions: Vulcan Mine Road |
|  View of the Vulcan Iron Mine from Kelbaker Road
Other Articles: Field Notes: 20050424250 Locations: Vulcan Iron Mine. View of the Vulcan
Iron Mine from Kelbaker Road. |
| Literature Cited: Locations: Kelso Dunes. | Kelso DunesMatt near the top of the Kelso Dunes
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| Jack & Marilyn Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research CenterAlso known as: Granite Mountains Reserve. | Locations: Granite Pass.
| Granite PassThis pass separates the Bristol Basin on the south from the Devils Playground and Soda Lake on the north. | Other Articles: U. S. Interstate 40: at Kelbaker Road Junction: U. S.
Interstate 40, west to Barstow or east to Needles. |
| Literature Cited: Other Articles: Field Notes: 22-Apr-08 Eastern Mojave Geology: at Amboy Limestone Deposit Omya (California) operates the Amboy Limestone quarry located 6 miles east of Amboy, California, in the southern Bristol Mountains. The Amboy Limestone deposit, a very high purity, high brightness (white) crystalline limestone deposit is of such high purity it is suitable for pharmaceutical and food grade limestone applications, and can be utilized in products for human consumption. The limstone is mined from an extensive dip slope of Mississippian age Monte Cristo Limestone, Bullion Member, up to 300 feet thick, and 1500 feet long. Current mine life is 55 years, plus reclamation phases for a total operation life of 70 years. The current Phase 1 quarry development occurs in an area of about 10 acres. The ultimate quary will cover approximately 50 acres.
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Other Articles: U. S. Highway 66: Kelbaker Road
Junction: Route 66, or National Old Trails Highway, east to Chambless, west to Amboy.
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| Literature CitedA list of all literature cited by this web site can be found in the Bibliography.
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| Brown, Howard. 2003. Geology, genesis and mining of pharmaceutical and food grade calcium carbonate at the Amboy Limestone Quarry. pp. 49-56 in Reynolds, Robert E.. Land of Lost Lakes, the 2003 Desert Research Symposium. April 2003. {TAS}
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| [Null Author]. . County of San Bernardino vs. U. S. Department of Interior. {TAS-pdf} |
| Pavlik, Bruce Michael. 1985. Sand dune flora of the Great Basin and Mojave deserts of California, Nevada, and Oregon. Madroņo. 32(4):197-213. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| | Date and time this article was prepared: 5/8/2008 9:40:30 AM |
