Plant communities with exceptional floral concentrations might trace their origins to geologic episodes occurring more than 250,000,000 years ago.

Hornblende Canyon twists and turns as it climbs the shoulder of Granite Mountain. It has a great variety of plants, some dry waterfalls, old mines, plus Native American sites with morteros.

Low total REE zircon formed in equilibrium with hornblende in granulitized eclogites: Implications for exhumation rates. Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters Published: 2024-12-15 ...