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Quaternary lakebeds and Cambrian section, SE Cal
Quaternary Tecopa Lakebed deposits and Paleozoic (Cambrian) sedimentary rock (mostly limestone) of the Resting Spring Range, Shoshone, California (221210-28)
Download ImageTufa pinnacles, California
Tufa pinnacles, precipitated in Pleistocene (pluvial) Searles Lake. Trona Pinnacles, Trona, California. (221102-49)
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Closeup of tufa, precipitated in Pleistocene (pluvial) Searles Lake. Trona Pinnacles, California. (221102-44)
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Tufa pinnacles, precipitated in Pleistocene (pluvial) Searles Lake. Trona Pinnacles, Trona, California (221102-41)
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Tufa pinnacles, precipitated in Pleistocene (pluvial) Searles Lake. Trona Pinnacles, Trona, California (221102-37)
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Vasquez Rocks, California (vertical)
Dipping beds of sandstone and conglomerate. Oligocene Vasquez Formation, Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, California (221102-10)
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Sandstone and conglomerate. Oligocene Vasquez Formation, Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, California (221102-8)
Download ImageThrust fault near Santa Barbara, CA
Thrust fault in coastal bluffs: Pleistocene Castitas Formation thrust over Pleistocene Santa Barbara Formation, Transverse Ranges, California (221131-87)
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Coastal Bluffs, Santa Barbara, CA
Coastal Bluffs of Pleistocene Santa Barbara Formation, California (221131-70)
Download ImageAngular unconformity, Pleistocene over Miocene, CA
Angular unconformity of Pleistocene terrace deposits on Miocene Monterey Formation, California (221131-43)
Download ImageFlowing tar from natural seep, CA
flowing tar from natural tar seep, Carpinteria, California (221131-15)
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Overturned Eocene sandstone, Santa Barbara, CA
Overturned Eocene Coldwater Sandstone and Santa Barbara Coastal Plain, California (221130-4)
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Tofoni (honeycomb weathering) in sandstone (vertical)
Honeycomb weathering in sandstone, California (221029-97)
Download ImageGraded beds in Cretaceous turbidites, CA
Graded beds in Cretaceous turbidites of the Great Valley Group, Big Sur Highway, California.(221029-88)
Download ImageStream emptying into the Pacific Ocean, CA
Mouth of Little Sur River, Big Sur Coast, California (221029-41)
Download ImageErosion of headland, CA (vertical)
Erosion of headland into seastacks, California Big Sur coast (221029-38)
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