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Netarts Bay and Spit, Oregon Coast
Aerial view of Netarts Bay and Spit, Oregon Coast. Note the partially submerged sand bars at the mouth of the bay. 100723-114)
Download ImageEstuary and spit, Oregon Coast (vertical)
Aerial view of the Salmon River estuary and adjoining spit, Oregon Coast, (100723-56)
Download ImagePocket Beach and headlands, Oregon
Aerial view of pocket sandy beach and rocky headlands, Oregon Coast. (100723-45)
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Aerial view of subaqueous bedforms and dunes at entrance to Siletz Bay estuary, Oregon coast near Lincoln City. Siletz River in background. Salishan Spit and breaking waves in foreground. (100723-38)
Download ImageProtected harbor at Depoe Bay, Oregon
Aerial view of protected Inner Harbor at Depoe Bay, Oregon, with coastline of Wanapum Basalt –CRBG. (100723-23)
Download ImageYaquina Head, Oregon Coast
Lavas of the Wanapum Basalt of the Miocene Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) make up Yaquina Head, just north of Newport, Oregon. (10723-19)
Download ImageYaquina Head, Oregon Coast
Aerial view of Yaquina Head. Lavas of the Wanapum Basalt of the Miocene Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) make up Yaquina Head, just north of Newport, Oregon. (10723-16)
Download ImagePluvial Smoke Creek Desert, Nevada
Aerial view of evaporite-covered pluvial Smoke Creek Desert, Nevada, which spilled into Pleistocene Lake Lahontan. Looking northward towards Black Rock Desert. (090622-33)
Download ImageSteens Mountain, Oregon (vertical)
Aerial view of Steens Mountain, a tilted fault block in SE Oregon, at sunrise. (090121-2787)
Download ImageBasement and cover, Front Range, Colorado
Aerial view of the Precambrian basement and Paleozoic-Mesozoic sedimentary cover rocks (which form the hogback ridges), Front Range near Loveland, Colorado (090121-98)
Download ImageAtmospheric inversion, Salt Lake City, UT
Aerial view of Atmospheric inversion against the Wasatch Mountains, Salt Lake City, Utah. (090121-077)
Download ImageStorage tanks and oil refinery, Martinez, CA
Aerial view of storage tanks and oil refinery, Martinez, California (5D-0311)
Download ImageRight-lateral fault, southern Nevada
Aerial view of Right-lateral Strike-slip fault, southern Nevada (SrF-38)
Download ImageChief Mountain Klippe, Montana (Pan)
Chief Mountain (right), a klippe of Proterozoic rock of the Belt Supergroup (Altyn Formation) emplaced by the Lewis Thrust over Cretaceous rock (outcrops just above the trees), Glacier National Park, Montana. Note also the structurally higher thrust just over halfway up the mountain. (090711-2)
Download ImageChief Mountain Klippe, Montana
Chief Mountain, a klippe of Proterozoic rock of the Belt Supergroup (Altyn Formation) emplaced by the Lewis Thrust over Cretaceous rock (outcrops just above the trees), Glacier National Park, Montana. Note also the structurally higher thrust just over halfway up the mountain. (090711-7)
Download ImageChief Mountain Klippe, Montana
Chief Mountain, a klippe of Proterozoic rock of the Belt Supergroup (Altyn Formation) emplaced by the Lewis Thrust over Cretaceous rock (outcrops just above the trees), Glacier National Park, Montana. Note also the structurally higher thrust just over halfway up the mountain. (090711-6)
Download ImageChief Mountain Klippe, Montana
Chief Mountain, a klippe of Proterozoic rock of the Belt Supergroup (Altyn Formation) emplaced by the Lewis Thrust over Cretaceous rock (outcrops just above the trees), Glacier National Park, Montana. Note also the structurally higher thrust just over halfway up the mountain. (090711-5)
Download ImageMt. McConnell and McConnell Thrust (Pan)
Mts. McConnell (left) and Yamnuska (right) and McConnell Thrust, Alberta. View towards the north. (090709-12)
Download ImageLeft-stepping left-lateral shear fractures
Left-stepping left-lateral strike-slip fault in sandstone and siltstone– and quartz-filled pull-apart (rhombochasm) in the stepover zone. Note the horsetail fractures and mineralization at the bottom of the photo (4512-60)
Download ImageDelaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania (Vertical)
Aerial view northward of Delaware Water Gap, New Jersey-Pennsylvania, and plunging folds of Paleozoic rock of the Appalachian Valley and Ridge Province. The state border follows the Delaware River. (New Jersey lies on the north and east side.) West-dipping rocks in the gap are Silurian Shawangunk Quartzite. (IP1018-2) zig-zag
Download ImageDelaware Water Gap, NJ-PA border
Aerial view northward of Delaware Water Gap, New Jersey-Pennsylvania, and plunging folds of Paleozoic rock of the Appalachian Valley and Ridge Province. The state border follows the Delaware River (New Jersey lies on the north and east side). West-dipping rocks in the gap are Silurian Shawangunk Quartzite. (IP1018-1) zig-zag
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