view gallery |  Lake Tahoe: The Geology - Memorial Point Scenic Overlook
in Places of Geologic Significance A few interpretive displays describe the geology of Lake Tahoe at Memorial Point Scenic Overlook. posted by: NW_history_buff location: Nevada date approved: 12/17/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery |  White Sands National Monument - Alamogordo, NM
in Places of Geologic Significance The White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. posted by: saopaulo1 location: New Mexico date approved: 12/17/2016 last visited: 4/1/2017 |
view gallery |  Wasp Head, NSW, Australia
in Places of Geologic Significance Wasp Head, on the southern coast of New South Wales, has good examples of fossilised worm burrows. posted by: Grahame Cookie location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 11/7/2016 last visited: 3/5/2018 |
view gallery |  Cinder Hills Overlook - Sunset Crater National Monument, AZ
in Places of Geologic Significance Sunset Crater is the youngest in a string of volcanoes (the San Francisco volcanic field) that is related to the nearby San Francisco Peaks. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Arizona date approved: 11/1/2016 last visited: 4/11/2017 |
view gallery |  Upheaval Dome - Canyonlands National Park, UT
in Places of Geologic Significance In an area approximately three miles (5 km) across, rock layers are dramatically deformed. In the center, the rocks are pushed up into a circular structure called a dome, or an anticline. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Utah date approved: 10/27/2016 last visited: 11/17/2019 |
view gallery |  Paleokarst - Urkut, Hungary
in Places of Geologic Significance Paleokarst formation near Urkut in Hungary. posted by: GCEdo location: Veszprém, Hungary date approved: 10/22/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Vela Draga - Istria, Croatia
in Places of Geologic Significance Vela Draga is geological natural monument in Istria, Croatia. posted by: GCEdo location: Croatia date approved: 10/20/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery |  How Zion Canyon was Formed - Zion National Park - Springdale, UT
in Places of Geologic Significance This is an National Park Service interpretive panel located near the Temple of Sinawava explaining the origin of Zion Canyon and the formation of the Narrows. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Utah date approved: 10/19/2016 last visited: 5/5/2018 |
view gallery |  Tamina Gorge - Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
in Places of Geologic Significance Beautiful gorge of the Tamina River near Bad Ragaz in Switzerland. posted by: GCEdo location: St. Gallen, Switzerland date approved: 10/19/2016 last visited: 7/29/2021 |
view gallery |  Phyllite in Kogelberg - Styria, Austria
in Places of Geologic Significance Nice examples of phyllite outcrops at slopes of Kogelberg. posted by: GCEdo location: Steiermark, Austria date approved: 10/19/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Badlands National Park - Interior, SD
in Places of Geologic Significance Badlands National Park is a gallery of deposition cycles over millions of years. posted by: Telomere location: South Dakota date approved: 10/13/2016 last visited: 9/5/2019 |
view gallery |  Loess-Paleosol Sequences in Ilok, Croatia
in Places of Geologic Significance This nice example of loess-paleosol sequences is located in Ilok, Croatia. posted by: GCEdo location: Croatia date approved: 10/11/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Calcareous Sinter - Waldegg, Austria
in Places of Geologic Significance This nice example of calcareous sinter is located in Waldegg an der Piesting in Austria. posted by: GCEdo location: Niederösterreich, Austria date approved: 10/11/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Cezlakite - Cezlak, Slovenia
in Places of Geologic Significance Rocky outcrop of cezlakite near village Cezlak in Slovenia. posted by: GCEdo location: Slovenia date approved: 10/11/2016 last visited: 9/6/2015 |
view gallery |  Hegyestu Geological Site - Monoszlo, Hungary
in Places of Geologic Significance Hegyestu Geological Site is located near Monoszlo in Veszprem County in Hungary. posted by: GCEdo location: Veszprém, Hungary date approved: 10/10/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Conglomerate in Vomperbach, Tyrol, Austria
in Places of Geologic Significance Very nice example of conglomerate is located in Vomperbach in Tyrol, Austria. posted by: GCEdo location: Tirol, Austria date approved: 10/2/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Fountain Formation - Morrison, CO
in Places of Geologic Significance A geologic disconformity gap in Red Rocks Park in Morrison, CO. The Fountain Formation meets the Precambrian Gneiss. #635 posted by: TerraViators location: Colorado date approved: 9/30/2016 last visited: 11/15/2019 |
view gallery |  Rossboden-Gletschersturz - Simplon, VS, Switzerland
in Places of Geologic Significance This area south of the hamlet Egga is scattered with the remains of one the biggest ice avalanches in recorded Swiss history. posted by: fi67 location: Valais, Switzerland date approved: 9/19/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Bon Echo Rock - Mazinaw Lake - Addington Highlands, ON
in Places of Geologic Significance Located on East side Upper Mazinaw Lake in Addington Highlands, ON. posted by: mTn_biKer65 location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 9/2/2016 last visited: 8/29/2019 |
view gallery |  Royal Gorge - Cañon City, CO
in Places of Geologic Significance The Royal Gorge, a canyon of the Arkansas River located west of Cañon City, Colorado. #632 posted by: TerraViators location: Colorado date approved: 8/13/2016 last visited: 12/2/2016 |
view gallery |  Pingo - Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada
in Places of Geologic Significance A pingo, also called a hydrolaccolith, is a mound of earth with a core of ice found in the Arctic and subarctic regions, that can reach up to 70 meters in height and up to 600 meters in diameter. posted by: Trail Blaisers location: Northwest Territories, Canada date approved: 8/11/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery |  San Andreas Fault - San Juan Bautista, CA
in Places of Geologic Significance The famous San Andreas Fault is over 800 miles long and passes near the Mission San Juan Bautista. posted by: Metro2 location: California date approved: 8/4/2016 last visited: 4/12/2009 |
view gallery |  Pikes Peak - El Paso County, CO
in Places of Geologic Significance Pikes Peak Granite Geology - #629 posted by: TerraViators location: Colorado date approved: 7/29/2016 last visited: 12/10/2019 |
view gallery |  Arikaree Breaks - Cheyenne County, KS
in Places of Geologic Significance The Arikaree Breaks are a rugged landscape of canyons that have formed in a type of windblown silt called loess. #628 posted by: TerraViators location: Kansas date approved: 7/27/2016 last visited: 10/26/2021 |
view gallery |  Cliffs of Moher - Ireland
in Places of Geologic Significance Standing 214m (702 feet) at their highest point, the Cliffs of Moher stretch for 8 kilometres (5 miles) along the Atlantic coast of County Clare in the west of Ireland. posted by: buffalohiker location: Munster, Ireland date approved: 7/15/2016 last visited: 6/3/2022 |
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