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Miocene lakebeds, Death Valley, CA
Miocene lakebed and some interbedded fluvial deposits. Furnace Creek Formation, Death Valley National Park, California. (151129-58)
Download ImageCross-bedding in coastal sand dune, Oregon
Cross-bedding in coastal sand dunes, Oregon, European beach grass, which stabilizes the dunes, forms the top of the dune. (110306-48)
Download ImageAlluvial fan deposits, Death Valley, CA
Alluvial fan deposits, Death Valley National Park, California (2K7DV-94)
Download ImageWineglass Canyon, California (Vertical)
Wineglass Canyon, an indicator of recent uplift on the normal fault at the range front. Black Mountains, Death Valley National Park, California. (2K7-90)
Download ImageRecumbent syncline, northern Montana
Recumbent syncline in the hangingwall of the Lewis Thrust, east edge of Glacier National Park, northern Montana (2K7Glac-61)
Download ImageDuststorm, Mojave Desert, SE California
Dust storm in the Mojave Desert of SE California. (2K7DV-181)
Download ImageDesert Pavement, Mojave Desert, Cal
Desert Pavement and Eagle Mountain, Amargosa Valley, Mojave Desert, California (2K7DV-174)
Download ImageDesert Pavement, Mojave Desert, Cal
Desert Pavement and Eagle Mountain, Amargosa Valley, Mojave Desert, California (2K7DV-168)
Download ImageFolded gneiss, Death Valley, California.
Folded gneiss with Death Valley salt pan in background, Death Valley, California. (2K7DV-153)
Download ImageFolded mylonitic gneiss (vertical)
Folded mylonitic gneiss, Death Valley, California. (2K7DV-151)
Download ImageFolded mylonitic gneiss
Folded mylonitic gneiss, Death Valley, California. (2K7DV-150)
Download ImageFolded mylonitic gneiss
Folded mylonitic gneiss, hammer for scale. Death Valley, California. (2K7DV-146)
Download ImageFolded mylonitic gneiss
Folded mylonitic gneiss. Death Valley, California. (2K7DV-144)
Download ImageBasaltic dike intruding gneiss
Mafic (basaltic) dike intruding gneiss, Death Valley, California. Note the chilled margin. Hammer for scale. (2K7DV-143).
Download ImageBasaltic dike intruding gneiss (vertical)
Mafic (basaltic) dike intruding gneiss, Death Valley, California. Note the chilled margin. Hammer for scale. (2K7DV-142).
Download ImageBasaltic dike intruding gneiss (vertical)
mafic (basaltic) dike intruding gneiss and offset by a fault, Death Valley, California. Note the chilled margin. Hammer for scale. (2K7DV-141).
Download ImageFaulted basaltic dike intruding gneiss
mafic (basaltic) dike intruding gneiss and offset by a fault, Death Valley, California. Note the chilled margin. Hammer for scale. (2K7DV-140).
Download ImageNormal fault and tilted rock, W Nevada
Aerial view of a low-angle normal fault and tilted Paleozoic sedimentary rock in its hanging wall. Bare Mountain, Nevada (2K7DV-13)
Download ImagePleistocene fanglomerate (vertical)
Slot canyon eroded into Pleistocene alluvial fan deposits (fanglomerate). Death Valley, California (2765-100) erosion
Download ImageDifferential erosion of sandstone (vertical)
Differential weathering and erosion of Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone into a “mushroom” rock Canyonlands, Utah. (2K5-2813)
Download ImageEolian cross-bedded sandstone, Utah
Eolian cross-stratification in Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone, Canyonlands, Utah (2K5-2779) aeolian
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