Geology of Mojave National Preserve - Photo Album Originally flat beds of Cambrian limestone are now steeply tilted. Outcrop near west side of Kelbaker Road, just north of Kelso. Signs of Early Paleozoic life. These anastamozing shapes were made by burrowing creatures munching their way through algae and mud. Rubberband for scale.
Surface ripples in partly vegetated area.
The asymmetry of the ripples indicate that they were formed by winds blowing from left to right. Life in the Dunes . View of cinder cones looking north from Kelbaker Road. Basaltic lava flow deposited on old alluvial surface. Exposed in wash at location along Kelbaker Road just north of intersection with the old Mojave Road.