Sedimentary
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Tilted Paleozoic strata, Nevada
Aerial view of inclined Paleozoic strata, SW Nevada (220325-374)
Download ImageBeach boulders and breaking wave, Iceland
Beach boulders and breaking wave, Iceland (180912-60)
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Boulder-sized clast in sandstone
Boulder-sized clast in poorly sorted pebbly Miocene sandstone. New Zealand. (180106-36)
Download ImageChannel deposit in sandstone
Channel deposit in Miocene sandstone, New Zealand. (180106-34)
Download ImageWind-deposited sandstone, Nevada
Wind-deposited Jurassic Aztec Sandstone with parting lineations, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada. (171217-35) red, aeolian
Download ImageCretaceous ripples in sandstone.
Ripplemarks in coastal-deposited sandstone of Cretaceous Dakota Formation, Colorado. Penny for scale. (171123-51).
Download ImageGraded turbidite beds -overturned
Graded turbidite beds -overturned and cut by small fault with normal separation. Miocene Hoh Assemblage, Washington. (150913-33)
Download ImageGilbert-style delta, Washington
Foreset and Topset gravel beds of Gilbert Delta along west side of Puget Sound at Brinnon, Washington (150911-5)
Download ImageOolitic limestone
close-up view of oolitic limestone of the Proterozoic Johnnie Formation, SE California. Penny for scale. (171109-18)
Download ImageCross-bedded sandstone (vertical)
Cross-bedded, coarse-grained sandstone, right-side up. (IP17-2535)
Download ImageSlackwater deposits, Washington
Slackwater sediments, deposited in temporary lakes formed during the Ice Age (Missoula) floods, Washington. (IP16-3816)
Download Imagesalt casts in mudstone
salt casts preserved in Proterozoic Grinnell Formation of the Belt Supergroup, northern Montana. (170802-22)
Download ImageTufa towers, Mono Lake, California
Tufa is calcium carbonate, precipitated in over-saturated lake water (Image ID # 111119-35hdrf)
Download ImageGlacial Dropstone
Glacial dropstone in Proterozoic diamictite of Kingston Peak Formation, SE California. (Sed-49)
Download ImageTurbidites near Pacifica, California
Turbidites, made of interbedded sandstone and shale. (Sed-56).
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Photomicrograph of quartz sandstone
Photomicrograph of quartz sandstone–approx .5 cm across. Sed-28.
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Overlapping debris flow deposits
Debris flow deposits, made of matrix-supported conglomerate. Mosaic Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California. (Sed-03)
Download ImageDepositional contact: sandtone on conglomerate.
Cretaceous Kootenai Fm., SW Montana. The conglomerate contains rounded clasts of chert and quartzite. (Sed-04)
Download ImageTilted beds of conglomerate, SE California.
Tilted beds of conglomerate, SE California. (IMG_1276)
Download ImageClastic sedimentary rock hand samples
left to right: shale, sandstone, conglomerate. (7344)
Download ImageGraded bed, sandstone and shale
Graded bed, sandstone and shale. About 2 inches from bottom to top. (5D-2450)
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