ipernity: SNev - Lake Mead, NV-AZ by slgwv

07-overton_arm&st_thomas_gap_ig_adj

01 Jan 1979

1

107

05-@lake_ig_adj

01 Jan 1980

95

03-lk_mead_ig_adj

01 Jan 1980

1

90

19-sunset_ig

01 Nov 1980

1

128

13-gregg_basin_ig_adj

01 Nov 1980

104

11-virgin_cyn_scarps_adj

01 Nov 1980

1

110

09-the_temple_ig_adj

01 Nov 1980

1

112

07-virgin_basin_ig_adj

01 Nov 1980

82

04-lake_view_ig_adj

01 Nov 1980

1

112

01-lake_view_adj

01 Nov 1980

1

106

17-lake_view_ig_adj_trim

01 Nov 1980

109

15-muddy_ck_bluffs_ig_adj

01 Nov 1980

1

111

Cliff on Lake Mead

01 Nov 1980

1

154

Fault Scarps in Virgin Canyon

01 Nov 1980

2

235

Lake Mead, USA, looking toward the Nevada side. As the reservoir filled, here and there the slopes of the surrounding canyon failed as they got soaked. I don't know the timescale offhand--I suspect they're still slowly sliding, but that most of the motion happened soon after the ground first got saturated. It's an example of geologic consequences from human activity! ;) Btw, with the current drought the lake in this area has pretty much returned to the original river channel.