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Phyllite outcrop, Tennessee
Outcrop of phyllite of Precambrian Wilhite Formation,, Tennessee. (171120-74)
Download ImagePhyllite outcrop, Tennessee (vertical)
Outcrop of phyllite of Precambrian Wilhite Formation,, Tennessee. (171120-73)
Download ImageFoliation in Phyllite, Tennessee
Foliation in phyllite, viewed in xz and xy planes of strain ellipsoid. Precambrian Wilhite Fm, Tennessee. (171120-72).
Download ImageCrenulations and lineations in phyllite
Crenulations and lineations in phyllite of Precambrian Wilhite Fm, Tennessee. (171120-68)
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 ImageDipping bedding and block gliding, TN
Dipping bedding in Cambrian Hesse Formation, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, makes for easy sliding towards roadway. (171120-62)
Download ImageGreat Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
Foothills of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee (171120-57)
Download ImageGreat Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
Blue Ridge Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee (171120-55)
Download ImageBedding and slaty cleavage, Tennessee
Bedding and slaty cleavage, Precambrian Wilhite Fm, Tennessee. Note how the cleavage refracts to a higher angle in the coarser grained beds. (171120-47)
Download ImageBedding and slaty cleavage, Tennessee
Bedding and slaty cleavage, Precambrian Wilhite Fm, Tennessee. Note how the cleavage refracts to a higher angle in the coarser grained beds. (171120-46)
Download ImageBedding and slaty cleavage, Tennessee
Bedding and slaty cleavage, Precambrian Wilhite Fm, Tennessee. Note how the cleavage refracts to a higher angle in the coarser grained beds. (171120-44)
Download ImageSmall anticline, Tennessee
Small anticline in, Precambrian Wilhite Fm, Tennessee. (171120-38)
Download ImagePrecambrian sedimentary rocks, Tennessee
Depositional contact between Precambrian Cades Cove Sandstone above Metcalf Phyllite, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee (171120-2).
Download ImageSlump scar, North Carolina.
Slump scar in the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina. (171119-30)
Download ImageNarrow river gorge, North Carolina
Narrow gorge eroded by the Linville River into Lower Cambrian sandstone of the Chilhowee Group, North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains. (171119-9)
Download ImageNarrow river gorge, NC (vertical)
Narrow gorge eroded by the Linville River into Lower Cambrian sandstone of the Chilhowee Group, North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains. (171119-8)
Download ImageBlock glide along bedding planes (vertical)
Mass wasting erosion by block glide along bedding surfaces creates rockfall hazards along many highways. Cretaceous Dakota Formation, Colorado (171123-62)
Download ImageBlock glide erosion along bedding planes
Mass wasting erosion by block glide along bedding surfaces creates rockfall
hazards along many highways. Cretaceous Dakota Formation, Colorado (171123-59)
Cretaceous ripples in sandstone (Vertical)
Ripplemarks in coastal-deposited sandstone of Cretaceous Dakota Formation, Colorado. Penny for scale. (171123-52)
Download ImageCretaceous ripples in sandstone.
Ripplemarks in coastal-deposited sandstone of Cretaceous Dakota Formation, Colorado. Penny for scale. (171123-51).
Download ImageCretaceous ripples in sandstone.
Ripplemarks in coastal-deposited sandstone of Cretaceous Dakota Formation, Colorado. Photo is about 50cm across. (171123-50)
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