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Lava Bed Mountains (East) This is an area of basalt flows and cinder cones that
date from the Pleistocene. Hence,
this volcanic activity is older than the recent activity of the Pisgah Crater
area immediately to the north and the Amboy Crater area some 50 kilometers (30 miles) to the east.
It is of approximately the same age as the Rodman Lava area,
24 kilometers (15 miles) to the west. This series defines a line of Pleistocene and Recent
volcanic activity in a linear concentration unique on the continent and is of
significance in the tectonic evolution of this portion of the continent. The Lava Bed Mountain field exhibits prominent fault
scarps on the flow. The scarps are
multiple-stepped, each being approximately 3 meters (10 feet) in height, and are
the result of post-Pleistocene movement on the northwest-trending Pisgah Fault. Vegetation is predominantly creosote bush scrub. Integrity: Virtually undisturbed. Use: Restricted January 1981
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