|
Zooming a bit toward Mount San Jacinto to the SW. Cap Rock is in center right. That would be our last stop of the day. Both of these in center are considered Tors.
https://geologyistheway.com/blog/2022/0 ... onal-park/ About 1200 square miles of the park are sprinkled by piles of massive boulders of granite – rock formations known as tors – towering the surrounding sparsely vegetated hilly landscape . These formations vary in size from isolated groups of boulders to entire mountains.
The tors do occur ONLY in the granites, while the gneiss produce a much gentler landscape.
https://geologyistheway.com/blog/2022/0 ... onal-park/ About 1200 square miles of the park are sprinkled by piles of massive boulders of granite – rock formations known as tors – towering the surrounding sparsely vegetated hilly landscape . These formations vary in size from isolated groups of boulders to entire mountains.
The tors do occur ONLY in the granites, while the gneiss produce a much gentler landscape.