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Graded bed in Proterozoic red beds, CA
Graded bed in conglomerate and sandstone of the Proterozoic Kingston Peak Formation, Mojave Desert, SE California (260327-16)
Download ImageLiesegang banding in siltstone
Liesegang banding expressed on bedding surface– from groundwater flow along fractures in red beds of the Proterozoic Kingston Peak Formation, SE California (260327-12)
Download ImageProterozoic diamicton, SE California
Proterozoic diamictite in Kingston Peak Formation, SE California (260327-6)
Download ImageEphemeral stream, Mojave Desert, CA
Amargosa River, an ephemeral stream in the Mojave Desert, California. (260327-3)
Download ImageCretaceous Granodiorite, Sierra Nevada, CA
Cretaceous Granodiorite of the Alabama Hills and Sierra Nevada Range. Mt. Whitney in the left background. (260321-58)
Download ImageMt. Whitney, CA
Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the counteminous USA at 14,505′, made of Cretaceous granodiorite. (260321-40)
Download ImageMt. Whitney, CA (vertical)
Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the counteminous USA at 14,505′, made of Cretaceous granodiorite. (260321-33)
Download ImageMt. Whitney and road to Whitney Portal, CA
Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the counteminous USA at 14,505′, made of Cretaceous granodiorite. (260321-29)
Download ImageMt. Whitney at sunrise, CA
Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the counteminous USA at 14,505′, made of Cretaceous granodiorite. (260321-20)
Download ImageRed Hill Cinder Cone, CA
Red Hill Cinder Cone, erupted about 400,000 years ago as part of the Coso Volcanic field, Mojave Desert, SE California (260340-2)
Download ImageBreccia and hydrocarbons, CA
Hydrocarbon-filled breccia in Miocene Monterey Formation, Santa Barbara, California (260318-44)
Download ImageWave-cut bench, California
Wave-cut bench eroded into dipping Miocene Monterey Formation just above high tide level on California coast near Santa Barbara. (260318-39)
Download ImageBanded calcite breccia and hydrocarbons.
Banded calcite breccia suspended in matrix of fine material and hydrocarbons, California. (260318-26)
Download ImageBanded calcite breccia and hydrocarbons.
Banded calcite breccia suspended in matrix of fine material and hydrocarbons, California. (260318-25)
Download Image260316-88
Cataclasized greenstone clast in subduction melange, Cretaceous Franciscan Assemblage, coastal California. (260316-88)
Download ImageCoastal deposits overlying melange, CA
Modern coastal deposits overlying Cretaceous melange of the Franciscan Assemblage, near San Simeon, California (260316-87)
Download Imagesubduction melange, Cal
Varying blocks in melange of the Cretaceous Franciscan Assemblage, near San Simeon, California. Note the large block of greenstone near the center (260316-85)
Download Imagesubduction melange, Cal
Varying blocks in melange of the Cretaceous Franciscan Assemblage, near San Simeon, California. Note the large block of greenstone near the center (260316-82)
Download ImageSerpentinite roadcut, California
Roadcut of serpentinite along the Big Sur Highway, California (260316-67)
Download ImageTombolo. Point Sur, CA
Tombolo, a low-lying sandy landform connecting the island of Point Sur to the mainland. (260316-28)
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