We are driving towards Lhasa (still four days away) today, having wrapped up our work in the basin.
Striped basin sediments gave way to misty metamorphic basement rock as we ascended the basin margin; clouds and fog enveloped the colorful peaks of the Aylari Ranges.
Descent into the adjacent valley takes us to Menshi, a small village where Pleistocene fossil horses were found last year. We might stop to examine the Quaternary "overburden" (as Neogene paleontologists often unlovingly refer to Pleistocene sediments) for fossil clues.
On the road again...
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1 comment:
Sounds like fun. (No, literally it does.) And your title is perfect....
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