Mitten Rock

Mitten Rock

Erosional remnant, Mitten Rock, Monument Valley, Arizona, USA. (ID# WE-12)

Joint-Controlled Erosion

Joint-Controlled Erosion

fractures, joints

Erosional remnants, Utah

The Chocolate Drops, Utah

sedimentary, red, strata

Joint Controlled Erosion

Joint Controlled Erosion

Joint controlled erosion, SE Utah. (ID # WE-10)

Badlands Erosion of late Miocene lakebed deposits, SE Cal.

Badlands Erosion

gullies, gully, ridge, Zabriskie Point

Differential Erosion

Differential Erosion

Differential erosion, Bryce Canyon NP, Utah. (ID # WE-06)

Arch eroded from fins, SE Utah

Arch and Fin

erosion, weathering, joints controlled

Sandstone Arch, SE Utah

Sandstone Arch

Sandstone Arch, SE Utah. (ID WE-04)

Buttress Unconformity, northern Arizona

Buttress Unconformity

Buttress Unconformity, northern Arizona. In buttress unconformities, the younger material
is deposited against the older material, resulting in the apparent truncation of the younger rock. On
closer inspection, however, one can see erosional features along the contact to indicate its depositional
origin. (ID SrU-25)

Sandstone Fins

Sandstone Fins

fracture-controlled erosion, ridges

Sandstone Arch, Utah

Delicate Arch

erosion

Nonconformity, Colorado

Nonconformity, Front Range, CO.

unconformity

Nonconformity, Utah

Precambrian-Cambrian Nonconformity

Tintic Quartzite, unconformity, strata

Nonconformity, Teton Range, Wyoming

Precambrian-Cambrian Nonconformity

unconformity

Tilted fault block, SE California.

View southward over Eagle Mtn.

normal fault, crustal extension, desert, arid, strata

Mt. Whitney: Cretaceous Granodiorite

Mt. Whitney Cretaceous granodiorite