One of the benefits of being a field geologist is the landscapes and processes that you get immersed in. Since geology is such a visual science, the second best way to experience or re-examine these landscapes is through photography. Of course, it’s no substitute for actually being there, but it’s close. Feel free to share these images, or contact me using the form below for higher to full-resolution (up to 10- 24 megapixel, depending on the camera I used at the time) versions for use in geology classes or elsewhere. All I ask is a short acknowledgement when/ where you use the image(s).
IMAGE THUMBNAILS:
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GLACIAL
- calving face, aialik glacier
- glacial bedrock morphology wonderland, california
- glacial outwash, denali
- striations, california sierra
- lateral and recessional moraines, california
- striations, kenai
- glacial outwash, denali
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
- plunging anticline, mojave
- fault-propagation fold with deformed strath, kyrgyzstan
- fault-propagation fold, kyrgyzstan
- striations on the calico fault, mojave desert
- mm-scale kink bands, california
- 1872 owens valley rupture
- sub-vertical fault, mojave
- fish lake valley fault, california
- 1911 kemin earthquake rupture, kyrgyzstan
- detachment folding, kyrgyzstan
- detached fold hinges, high strain shear zone, california
- san andreas fault, carrizo plain
- shear zone in carbonate, california
- barstow syncline
- basement-cored reverse faulting, kyrgyzstan
ARID LANDFORMS
- bajada and inselberg
- pavement, california
- mud cracks and alluvial fans, death valley
- bar and swale topography
- soil deflation, santa cruz island
IGNEOUS
- granite and aplite dike, california
- caldera, mt mazama
- rhyolite summit ridge, mt bailey
DEPOSITIONAL
- fluvial sandstone, death valley
- fluvial terrace and lacustrine sediments
- paleozoic ripples
- sediment supply > capacity
OTHER
- bishop tuff, meandering stream, fluvial terraces, white mountains, weather
- sea stacks and inclined mudstone, california
- marine terraces, santa cruz island





































