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Monocline, Colorado National Monument
Aerial view of monoclinal fold, Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Red cliffs are Jurassic Wingate Sandstone, red slopes are Triassic Chinle Formation, greenish slopes below the are Proterozoic basement; Contact between the basement and the Chinle is the Great Unconformity (nonconformity) (191028-32)
Download ImageHeadward erosion, Book Cliffs, Colorado (vertical)
Aerial view of headward erosion of Cretaceous rock of the Book Cliffs, Colorado (191028-26)
Download ImageHeadward erosion, Book Cliffs, Colorado
Aerial view of headward erosion of Cretaceous rock of the Book Cliffs, Colorado (191028-24)
Download ImageDivides and watersheds, Colorado
Aerial view of headward erosion forming divides and watersheds, Colorado (191028-22)
Download ImageEroded edge of a plateau, W. Colorado
Aerial view of the eroded edge of a plateau of flat-lying sedimentary rocks in western Colorado (191028-20)
Download ImageLongs Peak and Mummy Range, Colorado (Pan)
Aerial view of Longs Peak and the Mummy Range, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado (191028-2)
Download ImageEdge of dunite xenolith in volcanic rock
Close-up of edge of dunite (olivine) inclusion in volcanic rock. Photo is about 5cm across. (191215-14)
Download ImageConchoidal fracture in obsidian
Close-up view of conchoidal fracture in obsidian -volcanic, rhyolitic, glass. View is about 5 cm across. (191215-7)
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Close-up view of mylonitic granitic rock. View is about 5 cm across. (191215-5)
Download ImagePit Crater at Diamond Craters, Oregon
Pit Crater at Diamond Craters, Oregon (191209-78)
Download ImagePahoehoe basalt and recent lava flow, Oregon
Pahoehoe (ropy) basalt and recent lava flow, Diamond Craters, Oregon (191209-54)
Download ImageGlass Butte, Oregon (pan)
Panorama view of Glass Butte, Oregon, the highest point of the Glass buttes, a rhyolite dome complex in central Oregon. (191209-50)
Download ImagePanoramic view of eastern Oregon (Pan)
Panoramic view of eroded volcanic landscape, eastern Oregon (191209-2)
Download ImageHoriz columnar joints in basaltic dike, Oregon
Horizontal columnar joints in basaltic dike, Owyhee Reservoir, eastern Oregon (191208-172)
Download ImageOwyhee River Canyon, eastern Oregon
Owyhee River and Canyon, framed by Owyhee basalt, eastern Oregon (191208-154)
Download ImageHoriz columnar joints in basaltic dike, Oregon
Horizontal columnar joints in basaltic dike, Owyhee Reservoir, eastern Oregon (191208-126)
Download ImageBasaltic dikes, Oregon (vertical)
Basaltic dikes cutting volcaniclastic rock, eastern Oregon. Note the baked and altered edge of the country rock (191208-97) igneous, intrusive
Download ImageBasaltic dike intruding lahars, Oregon
Basaltic dike cutting volcaniclastic rock, eastern Oregon. Note the baked and altered edge of the country rock as well as the chilled margin along the edge of the dike (191208-89) igneous, intrusive
Download ImageBasaltic dike intruding lahars, Oregon
Basaltic dike cutting volcaniclastic rock, eastern Oregon. Note the baked and altered edge of the country rock as well as the chilled margin along the edge of the dike. Rock hammer for scale. (191208-86) igneous, intrusive
Download ImageBasalt flows and volcaniclastic rock, Oregon
Owyhee Basalt and interbedded volcaniclastic rock, Oregon (191208-79)
Download ImageBasaltic dike intruding lahars, Oregon
Basaltic dike cutting volcaniclastic rock, eastern Oregon. Note the baked and altered edge of the country rock as well as the chilled margin along the edge of the dike. Rock hammer for scale. (191208-73) igneous, intrusive
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