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