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Aplite dike and glacial striations (vertical)
Yosemite National Park, California. Aplites are intrusive igneous rocks mostly found as veins and dikes within granitic intrusion. Yosemite National Park, California. (Vertical. Image ID# 111118-36-1)
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A tree finds space to grow in a granitic rock fracture in Yosemite National Park, California. (Image#111118-20-1)
Download ImageAplite Dike in Granitic Rock (vertical)
Yosemite National Park, California. Aplites are intrusive igneous rocks mostly found as veins and dikes within granitic intrusions. Yosemite National Park, California. (Vertical. Image ID #111118-16-1)
Download ImageEast side of Teton Range, WY (pan)
Archean basement rock of Teton Range from Table Mountain, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. (Image ID# pan-highTetons3)
Download ImageDecollement in limestone (pan)
Decollement, or detatchment, in Cretaceous limestone, SW Montana. Note how strongly deformed limestone sits on top undeformed beds; the decollement surface is the top of the undeformed limestone. (Image ID# decollementpan)
Download ImageBasalt Lava Flows of Kauai (pan)
Located in the Waimea Canyon, these basalts are some of the oldest lava flows in the Hawaiian Islands dating back to the beginning of the Pliocene Epoch. The red soil is called laterite, a product of tropical weathering of the basalt. (Image ID# WaimeaCynPanB)
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Cleopatra’s Needle, NYC (vertical)
Chemical weathering of granite obelisk, “Cleopatra’s Needle”. (Image ID# WE-65)
Download ImageChannelled Scablands of Washington
Aerial view of Channeled Scablands east of Ritzville, Washington (Image ID # WE-64)
Download ImageChemical Weathering in Headstone (vertical)
Different effects of chemical weathering according to rock type: limestone in foreground; granite in left background. Vermont. (Image ID #WE-58)
Download ImageStone Stripes, Montana
Stone stripes from periglacial soil processes in Glacier National Park, Montana. (Image ID # WE-61)
Download ImageTree exploiting cracks, SE Utah
Exploitation of cracks by vegetation in southeast Utah. (Image ID #WE-62)
Download ImageSolifluction, Kyrgyzstan
Solifluction in the Tien Shan Mountain Range in Kyrgyzstan. (Image ID# WE-60)
Download ImageSoil Creep
Soil creep as indicated by curved tree trunks, eastern Nevada (Image ID# WE-59)
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Deflation hollow in sand, SE Cal.
Death Valley National Park, California (ID # WE-51)
Download ImageDesert Pavement, Mojave Desert, CA
Desert Pavement, Death Valley National Park, California (Image ID# WE-53)
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Dust storm, Mojave Desert, California
Dust and sand storms in the Death Valley region occur frequently over playas and dunes. Wind is an important transporting agent for fine grained material on alluvial fans.
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