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Turbidites (vertical)
Turbidites-with alternating beds of sandstone and shale- near Pacifica, California (5480)
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Echinus Geyser, Yellowstone
Echinus Geyser just prior to eruption, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. (4Yel-A).
Download Image“the Diamond” on Longs Peak, Colorado
The Diamond, the 2000′ vertical east face of Longs Peak in Colorado is a glacial headwall made of Precambrian granite. Rocky Mountain National Park.
Download ImageGlacial headwall and igneous sill, Montana
Headwall of Proterozoic Belt Supergroup intruded by Purcell sill (diorite) behind the Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park, Montana. 4Gl-A)
Download ImageWasatch Mtns, E edge of Basin-Range
The eastern edge: Mt. Timpanogos, in the Wasatch Range of Utah. Mt. Timpanogos is the second highest peak of the Wasatch Range, at an elevation of 11749′. The Wasatch Range rises along the Wasatch fault, which is an active fault, and so poses a significant earthquake hazard to the Salt Lake City region. As evidence of recent faulting, two wineglass canyons can be seen behind the fault on the right side of the photo. (ID: 477-89)
Download ImageMount Adams, Washington
Aerial view of Mount Adams, a stratovolcano in Washington (4916)
Download ImageChevron folds in ribbon chert, CA
Chevron folds in ribbon (radiolarian) chert, California. (4511-020)
Download ImageStrike-slip duplex
Right-lateral fault zone with duplex. Rock is sandstone and shale turbidites. (4512-56)
Download ImageMount Adams, Washington
Aerial view of Mount Adams, a stratovolcano in Washington (4908)
Download ImageMeander bend getting cut off, Colorado
Meander bend in process of getting cut off, Colorado (3742)
Download ImageMt. St. Helens 1980 lahar
Aerial view of Mt. St. Helens and the 1980 lahar that swept down the Toutle River, Washington. (377-54)
Download ImageSan Andreas fault and Soda Lake.
Aerial view southwestward over the Temblor Range and San Andreas fault to Soda Lake in the Carrizo Plain. The San Andreas fault coincides with the front of a low range of hills just past the edge of the larger hills in the foreground. (377-36)
Download ImageNorthern Death Valley Fault Zone, CA
Aerial of Northern Death Valley Fault Zone, View south into Death Valley National Park, (3175-57)
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Dune field in Mojave Desert, CA (vertical)
Aerial view of Ibex Sand Dunes, Death Valley, California. Dune in upper part of photo is a star dune. (3130-04)
Download ImageOlympic Coastline, Washington
Intertidal zone on Olympic Coastline, Washington (3538-22)
Download ImageSouthern Death Valley Fault Zone, CA
Aerial view of trace of Southern Death Valley Fault Zone, California. Death Valley National Park, (3175-07)
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