Environmental/Engineering Geology
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Sea wall, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Seawall and waves along the shorefront in Heraklion, Crete. (IP2018-5896)
Download ImageFoliation and block glide in Phyllite, TN
Dipping foliation in phyllite of Precambrian Wilhite Formation makes for easy sliding of rock slabs towards highway, Tennessee. (171120-65)
Download ImageField burning, Oregon (Vertical)
Smoke and ash rises as a plume from agricultural field burning, Willamette Valley, Oregon. (MG_7225) soot, air pollution, agriculture
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meandering stream, Wyoming
meandering stream, Wyoming showing tight meander bends –upper reaches of the Wind River. (170525-28).
Download ImageLevee along Columbia River, Oregon
Flood-control levee along Columbia River, Oregon. (170517-3)
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Open pit borate mine, SE California.
Aerial view of Open pit borate mine. Mine lies within the confines of Death Valley National Park, SE California. (Res-07)
Download ImageSubsidence from groundwater withdrawal
Subsidence from groundwater withdrawal, North Las Vegas, Nevada. (G-22)
Download ImageSeawall on Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana.
Seawall on Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana. (En-23)
Download ImageLand loss: Fort Proctor, Louisiana
Built in the 1850s on dry land, Fort Proctor is now surrounded by water because of land loss and subsidence on the Mississippi River Delta (En-22)
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Hoover Dam, Nevada-Arizona
Aerial view of Hoover Dam and edge of Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona. (EN-02)
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Butte Montana and open pit mines (pan)
open pit mines and waste rock of Butte Montana, (City-01)
Download ImageCoastal erosion at headland, California
Aerial view of coastal erosion at headland, California (CE-28).
Download ImageLandslide and damaged house, Oregon
Landslide and damaged house, Oregon coast (CE-22)
Download ImageEarthquake Damage, Wells, Nevada
Buildings destroyed by 2008 Earthquake in Old-town District of Wells, Nevada. (5D-4682)
Download ImageArray of solar panels, California
Array of photovoltaic panels and sun, Mojave Desert California (5D-0373)
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Earthquake-damage. New Zealand
Earthquake-damaged home on cliff edge, Christchurch, New Zealand. The cliff failed during the 2010 Christchurch earthquakes. Note the Exposed basalt-filled channel and the shipping containers along the highway to mitigate further sliding or rockfall (ID: 140127-28)
Download ImageCoal seam, Utah
Narrow (about 1m thick) seam of anthracite coal within Cretaceous sandstone, central Utah. (090315-29)
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