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