syncline – Irreverent Outcrop https://irreverentoutcrop.com Travel stories with mild geo-flavor Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:57:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-logo-temp-01-1-2-32x32.png syncline – Irreverent Outcrop https://irreverentoutcrop.com 32 32 Devil’s Punchbowl: sandstone formations warped by San Andreas Fault https://irreverentoutcrop.com/devils-punchbowl/ https://irreverentoutcrop.com/devils-punchbowl/#respond Sun, 29 Jun 2025 08:54:59 +0000 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/?p=1292 Read more]]> North of Los Angeles lies a striking sandstone outcrop known as the Devil’s Punchbowl. I’d seen it before from the air— it’s right where the Transverse Ranges of Southern California give way to the Mojave Desert, directly adjacent to the San Andreas Fault. But it was not until this year that I finally had a chance to visit. The area’s sedimentation dates back to…

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]]> https://irreverentoutcrop.com/devils-punchbowl/feed/ 0 Flying over the northernmost mountains: Alaska’s Brooks Range and Gates of the Arctic National Park https://irreverentoutcrop.com/brooks-range-alaska/ https://irreverentoutcrop.com/brooks-range-alaska/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2025 20:01:39 +0000 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/?p=1174 Read more]]> In the winter of 2023, we traveled to the northernmost mountain range of the North American continent—the Brooks Range. The heart of this range lies within Gates of the Arctic National Park in Alaska. On the day of departure, the temperature was still below freezing, but the sky was perfectly clear. We flew with Wright Air Service, departing from a small airstrip at Fairbanks…

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