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
- glacial outwash, denali
- calving face, aialik glacier
- lateral and recessional moraines, california
- striations, kenai
- glacial bedrock morphology wonderland, california
- glacial outwash, denali
- striations, california sierra
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
- detached fold hinges, high strain shear zone, california
- basement-cored reverse faulting, kyrgyzstan
- barstow syncline
- 1911 kemin earthquake rupture, kyrgyzstan
- plunging anticline, mojave
- fault-propagation fold with deformed strath, kyrgyzstan
- shear zone in carbonate, california
- san andreas fault, carrizo plain
- sub-vertical fault, mojave
- striations on the calico fault, mojave desert
- mm-scale kink bands, california
- fish lake valley fault, california
- detachment folding, kyrgyzstan
- 1872 owens valley rupture
- fault-propagation fold, kyrgyzstan
ARID LANDFORMS
- soil deflation, santa cruz island
- bar and swale topography
- mud cracks and alluvial fans, death valley
- bajada and inselberg
- pavement, california
IGNEOUS
- granite and aplite dike, california
- caldera, mt mazama
- rhyolite summit ridge, mt bailey
DEPOSITIONAL
- fluvial terrace and lacustrine sediments
- fluvial sandstone, death valley
- sediment supply > capacity
- paleozoic ripples
OTHER
- marine terraces, santa cruz island
- bishop tuff, meandering stream, fluvial terraces, white mountains, weather
- sea stacks and inclined mudstone, california