<b>Cave Rock</b>, Washoe County, Nevada.

Eastern Mojave Vegetation

Cave Rock, Washoe County, Nevada.

Gazetteer Query: See also: Glenbrook.
	Prominent hornblende trachyte plug on Lake Tahoe, eroded by wave action during probable Tahoe-age highstands of Lake Tahoe. Tsumani wave heights of up to 6m could be expected here. An 1879 issue of the San Francisco Examiner reporteda possible tsunami at Glenbrook, and attributed collapse of rocks at Cave Rock to this event (Schweickert, et al., 2000, p. 14). Articles that refer to this location: U. S. Highway 50: Cave Rock; Literature Referring To This Location: Schweickert, Richard A, Mary M. Lahren, Robert Karlin, Jim Howle, and Ken Smith. 2000. Lake Tahoe active faults, landslides, and tsunamis. pp. 1-21 in Lageson, David R., Stephen G. Peters, and Mary M. Lahren. Great Basin and Sierra Nevada. GSA Field Guide Series. Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America, 2000. {TAS}
	No collections made at this location.
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