Photo Index
photographs of a variety of geologic features

Grand Teton, Mt. Owen, and Teton Glacier, Wyoming

Slide show: some random geologic photos.

Geologic Contacts: General Features/explanation

<>    Depositional (Unconformities)
    Intrusive
    Fault

Glacial Geology
For more glacial photos, click here.

Igneous Rocks and Processes

Intrusive

Textures and outcrops

Dikes and Sills

Contacts

    Volcanic
    for more igneous photos, click here.

<>Metamorphic Rocks
    for more metamorphism photos, click here.

Sedimentary Rocks and Processes

Depositional Environments

Sedimentary Features

For more Depositional environments, click here.
For more Sedimentary features, click here.

Structural Geology

Contacts: General Features,

Unconformities

Faults

Normal faults

Thrust/Reverse faults

Strike-slip faults

kinematic indicators

Folds:

Joints and fractures: tectonic joints, exfoliation joints, alteration and mineralization along fractures
quartz and calcite-filled fibers in fractures,plumose fractures.

For more Structural Geology photos, click here.
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Some Death Valley Landscapes

Also, some other Death Valley photos: sand dunes, recently active faults, salt pan...

See my non-university website for more geology images at higher resolutions... click here.

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Geology of the National Parks course.

Structural Geology course.