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Folded mylonitic gneiss
Folded mylonitic gneiss, hammer for scale. Death Valley, California. (2K7DV-146)
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Folded mylonitic gneiss. Death Valley, California. (2K7DV-144)
Download ImageBasaltic dike intruding gneiss
Mafic (basaltic) dike intruding gneiss, Death Valley, California. Note the chilled margin. Hammer for scale. (2K7DV-143).
Download ImageBasaltic dike intruding gneiss (vertical)
Mafic (basaltic) dike intruding gneiss, Death Valley, California. Note the chilled margin. Hammer for scale. (2K7DV-142).
Download ImageBasaltic dike intruding gneiss (vertical)
mafic (basaltic) dike intruding gneiss and offset by a fault, Death Valley, California. Note the chilled margin. Hammer for scale. (2K7DV-141).
Download ImageFaulted basaltic dike intruding gneiss
mafic (basaltic) dike intruding gneiss and offset by a fault, Death Valley, California. Note the chilled margin. Hammer for scale. (2K7DV-140).
Download ImageNormal fault and tilted rock, W Nevada
Aerial view of a low-angle normal fault and tilted Paleozoic sedimentary rock in its hanging wall. Bare Mountain, Nevada (2K7DV-13)
Download ImagePleistocene fanglomerate (vertical)
Slot canyon eroded into Pleistocene alluvial fan deposits (fanglomerate). Death Valley, California (2765-100) erosion
Download ImageDifferential erosion of sandstone (vertical)
Differential weathering and erosion of Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone into a “mushroom” rock Canyonlands, Utah. (2K5-2813)
Download ImageEolian cross-bedded sandstone, Utah
Eolian cross-stratification in Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone, Canyonlands, Utah (2K5-2779) aeolian
Download ImageCross-bedded sandstone, Utah
Permian-age Eolian cross-bedded Cedar Mesa Sandstone, Canyonlands National Park, Utah (2K5-2771)
Download ImageWater-filled pothole in sandstone, Utah
Water-filled pothole in Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone, Canyonlands, Utah (2K5-2767) weathering, erosion
Download ImageErosion of sandstone, Utah
Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone eroded into rounded caprock and where controlled by closely spaced joints, pinnacles, Canyonlands, Utah (2K5-2764)
Download ImageCross-bedded sandstone, Utah (Pan)
Cross-bedded Eolian Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone eroded into rounded caprock and where controlled by closely spaced joints, pinnacles, Canyonlands, Utah (2K5-2762)
Download ImageSandstone monolith, Utah (Vertical)
Erosional remnant of red Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone, Canyonlands National Park, SE Utah. Eroded pothole in white Cedar Mesa Sandstone in foreground (2K5-2740)
Download ImageLa Sal Mtns and stratigraphy, Utah
Snow-capped La Sal Mountains, Oligocene laccoliths, behind flat-lying lower Mesozoic -Upper Paleozoic sedimentary rock. Tall cliffs in the background are Jurassic Wingate Sandstone beneath Kayenta Formation; rocks in foreground are Permian Cear Mesa Sandstone. (2K5-2734)
Download ImageCanyon and flat-lying sandstone, Utah
Canyon eroded into flat-lying Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone, Utah (2K5-2733)
Download ImageAlluvial fan and flooded playa, Death Valley, CA
Alluvial fan spilling onto flooded playa, Death Valley, California. White rim of fan consists of salt (halite) deposits. (2K5-2666)
Download ImageFlash flood damage on desert road
Flash flood damage on highway in Death Valley, California (2K5-2165)
Download ImageRecumbent isoclinal fold in dolomite
Recumbent isoclinal fold in ductiley deformed Proterozoic Noonday Dolomite, Death Valley National Park, California (4511-27)
Download ImageRoadcut in San Andreas FZ, Cal (Pan)
Panoramic view of Roadcut in San Andreas Fault Zone near Palmdale, California. Note the several folds formed by deformation along the fault and the sag pond in the background. (200815-38)
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