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Isoclinal fold and cleavage, Alaska
Upright Isoclinal fold and slaty cleavage, SE Alaska (150617-37)
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Upright horizontal Isoclinal fold and slaty cleavage, SE Alaska (150617-35)
Download ImageDeath Valley, CA
View south into Death Valley of Death Valley National Park, California. Note antiform on left side of photo. Keane Wonder Mine area (241117-62)
Download ImageLake-bed deposits
Tilted lake bed deposits of the Miocene-Pliocene Furnace Creek Formation, Death Valley National Park, California (241115-47)
Download ImageFacies change, alluvial fan to lake
Tilted Miocene-Pliocene sedimentary rock of the Furnace Creek Formation showing a facies change from lakebeds (center, bottom) upwards into alluvial fan deposits. Death Valley National Park, California (241115-46)
Download ImageFacies change, alluvial fan to lake (vertical)
Facies change in tilted sedimentary rock: lakebeds grading into alluvial fan deposits. Death Valley National Park, California (241115-41)
Download ImageDebris flow deposits
Tilted debris flow deposits in Miocene-Pliocene Furnace Creek Fm., Death Valley National Park, California. (241115-19)
Download ImageInverse grading in debris flow deposits
Tilted sheetflood and fine-grained debris flow deposits of the Miocene-Pliocene Furnace Creek Formation, Death Valley National Park, California. Note the inverse grading in some of the debris flow deposits. (241115-14)
Download ImageGraded bed
Graded bed in Miocene-Pliocene Furnace Creek Formation, Death Valley National Park, California. (241115-8)
Download ImageWineglass Canyon, Death Valley, CA
Wineglass canyon behind a fault-controlled mountain front at the Badwater Turtleback, Death Valley National Park, California. (241114-36)
Download ImageDepositional contact: ss on conglomerate
Sandstone deposited on conglomerate. Miocene Eagle Mountain Formation, Amargosa Valley, California. (241114-31)
Download ImageDepositional contact: ss on conglomerate
Sandstone deposited on conglomerate. Miocene Eagle Mountain Formation, Amargosa Valley, California. (241114-24)
Download ImageClast-supported conglomerate, SE Cal
Miocene clast-supported, stream-deposited conglomerate in the Eagle Mountain Formation, Amargosa Valley, California. (241114-16)
Download ImageClast-supported conglomerate (vertical)
Miocene clast-supported, stream-deposited conglomerate in the Eagle Mountain Formation, Amargosa Valley, California. (241114-14)
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Miocene clast-supported, stream-deposited conglomerate in the Eagle Mountain Formation, Amargosa Valley, California. (241114-12)
Download ImageBadlands, Death Valley, CA
Moon rising over badlands, Death Valley National Park, California. The peak is Manly Beacon.(241113-31)
Download ImageBadlands, Death Valley, CA
Moon rising over badlands, Death Valley National Park, California. The peak is Manly Beacon. (241113-26)
Download ImageDebris flow deposit
Miocene debris flow deposit showing inverse grading and capped by fine muddy deposit. Artist Drive Formation, Death Valley National Park, California. (241113-9)
Download ImageP foliation in fault gouge
Close-up of “P” foliation in fault zone gouge. Inferred transport is top-to-right. (24112-22)
Download ImageOwens R Gorge and Bishop Tuff, CA
Owens River Gorge, SE California, eroded through the 767,000 year old Bishop tuff. Note the talus cone that partially blocks the river. (241109-57)
Download ImageBishop Tuff, California
Bishop Tuff exposed in the walls of the Owens River Gorge. The tuff erupted 767,000 years ago from the Long Valley Caldera, California. Note the rock fall deposit that partially blocks the river. Note also the radial columnar jointing and the small hill on the rim that marks a fossil steam vent! (241109-55)
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