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- About Geology -- The Complete Guide to GeologyUpdated: 2008-09-06 @ 02:31:27 GMT
About Geology includes everything from outer space to the Earth's core, from the oldest fossils to the landslides and earthquakes of today… - Paleotempestology - Paleohurricane ScienceUpdated: 2008-09-06 @ 00:36:28 GMT
Geologists can find traces of storms past… - Granite - All About Granite Rock and Granite GeologyUpdated: 2008-09-05 @ 23:59:22 GMT
Granite is the signature rock of the continents… - GraniteUpdated: 2008-09-05 @ 23:33:21 GMT
Granite exemplified by a salt-and-pepper specimen from central California… - Geology Desktop Wallpaper PicturesUpdated: 2008-09-04 @ 00:13:42 GMT
Free 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x1024 geology pictures for your computer's desktop wallpaper… - Geology Wallpaper - Outcrops and Sediments - Lava-Baked Clay, Altura…Created: 2008-09-04 @ 00:02:59 GMT
Lava-baked clay beds in Alturas, California, 1024x768, from the Outcrops and Sediments collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper Images - Outcrops and SedimentsUpdated: 2008-09-04 @ 00:02:59 GMT
A selection of wallpaper images of outcrops and sediments… - Geology Wallpaper - Outcrops and Sediments - Lava-Baked Clay, Altura…Created: 2008-09-04 @ 00:01:56 GMT
Lava-baked clay beds in Alturas, California, 800x600, from the Outcrops and Sediments collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Truckee River, Nevada, number two, 800…Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:33:58 GMT
Pebbles in Truckee River, Nevada, number two, 800x600, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Point Reyes, California, 1280x1024Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:33:57 GMT
Pebbles at Point Reyes, California, 1280x1024, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Truckee River, Nevada, number two, 128…Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:33:57 GMT
Pebbles in Truckee River, Nevada, number two, 1280x1024, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Truckee River, Nevada, number two, 102…Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:33:57 GMT
Pebbles in Truckee River, Nevada, number two, 1024x768, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Point Reyes, California, 800x600Updated: 2008-09-03 @ 23:33:57 GMT
Pebbles at Point Reyes, California, 800x600, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Point Lobos, California, 800x600Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:33:56 GMT
Pebbles at Point Lobos, California, 800x600, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Point Reyes, California, 1024x768Updated: 2008-09-03 @ 23:33:56 GMT
Pebbles at Point Reyes, California, 1024x768, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Baker Beach, San Francisco, 1024x768Updated: 2008-09-03 @ 23:16:37 GMT
Baker Beach pebbles, 1024x768, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Hampton Beach, Bay of Fundy, number on…Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:15:37 GMT
Hampton Beach pebbles, number one, 800x600, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Hampton Beach, Bay of Fundy, number th…Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:15:37 GMT
Hampton Beach pebbles, number three, 1024x768, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Hampton Beach, Bay of Fundy, number th…Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:15:37 GMT
Hampton Beach pebbles, number three, 1280x1024, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Baker Beach, San Francisco, 800x600Updated: 2008-09-03 @ 23:15:36 GMT
Baker Beach pebbles, 800x600, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Hampton Beach, Bay of Fundy, number on…Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:15:36 GMT
Hampton Beach pebbles, number one, 1280x1024, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Hampton Beach, Bay of Fundy, number on…Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:15:36 GMT
Hampton Beach pebbles, number one, 1024x768, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Hampton Beach, Bay of Fundy, number on…Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:15:36 GMT
Hampton Beach pebbles, number one, 1600x1200, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Point Lobos, California, 1024x768Updated: 2008-09-03 @ 23:14:34 GMT
Pebbles at Point Lobos, California, 1024x768, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Point Lobos, California, 1280x1024Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:14:34 GMT
Pebbles at Point Lobos, California, 1280x1024, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Hampton Beach, Bay of Fundy, number tw…Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:14:33 GMT
Hampton Beach pebbles, number two, 1024x768, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Hampton Beach, Bay of Fundy, number tw…Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:14:33 GMT
Hampton Beach pebbles, number two, 1600x1200, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Hampton Beach, Bay of Fundy, number tw…Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:14:33 GMT
Hampton Beach pebbles, number two, 1280x1024, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Hampton Beach, Bay of Fundy, number tw…Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:14:33 GMT
Hampton Beach pebbles, number two, 800x600, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Hampton Beach, Bay of Fundy, number th…Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:14:31 GMT
Hampton Beach pebbles, number three, 1600x1200, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Hampton Beach, Bay of Fundy, number th…Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:14:31 GMT
Hampton Beach pebbles, number three, 800x600, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Upper Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, 1024x768Updated: 2008-09-03 @ 23:13:22 GMT
Pebbles in Upper Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, 1024x768, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Upper Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, 800x600Updated: 2008-09-03 @ 23:12:18 GMT
Pebbles in Upper Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, 800x600, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Upper Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, 1280x1024Updated: 2008-09-03 @ 23:12:17 GMT
Pebbles in Upper Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, 1280x1024, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - Geology Wallpaper Images - Pebbles and CobblesCreated: 2008-09-03 @ 23:12:17 GMT
A selection of wallpaper images of pebbles and cobbles from beach and desert… - Geology Wallpaper - Pebbles - Baker Beach, San Francisco, 1280x1024Created: 2008-09-03 @ 23:12:17 GMT
Baker Beach pebbles, 1280x1024, from the Pebbles collection of geologic wallpaper images on About.com… - What Are Fossils?Updated: 2008-09-02 @ 21:29:36 GMT
Fossils are precious gifts from the geologic past… - About Geology - Geology BasicsUpdated: 2008-09-02 @ 21:22:17 GMT
Whatever your interest is in geology, here's where to start learning about it… - Geologic Las Vegas - Highlights of Las Vegas GeologyUpdated: 2008-08-29 @ 00:02:32 GMT
Great rock shows are a sure thing around Las Vegas, Nevada… - Geology of the Las Vegas Region - Keystone ThrustUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:14:45 GMT
The Keystone Thrust is a highlight of Las Vegas geology… - Geology of the Las Vegas Region - Rocks in Upper Las Vegas WashUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:14:44 GMT
Upper Las Vegas Wash displays a variety of local rocks… - Geology of the Las Vegas Region - Upper Las Vegas WashUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:14:44 GMT
Upper Las Vegas Wash runs thorugh the northern Las Vegas Valley… - Geology of the Las Vegas Region - Valley of FireUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:14:44 GMT
Valley of Fire State Park is near Las Vegas… - Geology of the Las Vegas Region - Xeriscaping at UNLVUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:14:44 GMT
Las Vegas college lives within its desert setting… - Geology of the Las Vegas Region - GypsumUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:14:43 GMT
Gypsum is common in the rocks around Las Vegas… - Geology of the Las Vegas Region - Lake Mead National Recreation AreaUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:14:43 GMT
Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a Las Vegas attraction… - Geology of the Las Vegas Region - Rogers SpringUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:14:43 GMT
Rogers Spring is in Lake Mead National Recreation Area… - Geology of the Las Vegas Region - The Setting of Las VegasUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:14:43 GMT
Las Vegas is surrounded with mountains… - Geology of the Las Vegas Region - Las Vegas RocksUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:14:42 GMT
Las Vegas is decorated with boulders of all kinds… - Geology of the Las Vegas Region - Desert WildlifeUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:14:42 GMT
The Las Vegas Valley is surrounded with interesting geology - and wildlife… - Geology of the Las Vegas RegionUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:13:39 GMT
The Las Vegas Valley is surrounded with interesting geology… - Geology of the Las Vegas Region - Geologic Map of the Las Vegas AreaUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:13:39 GMT
A schematic geologic map of the Las Vegas area… - Geology of the Las Vegas RegionUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:13:38 GMT
The Las Vegas Valley is surrounded with interesting geology… - Geology of the Las Vegas RegionUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:13:38 GMT
The Las Vegas Valley is surrounded with interesting geology… - Geologic Maps - Las Vegas Nevada Region with Full NotesCreated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:03:01 GMT
The Las Vegas region with full notes on rock units, from the geologic maps collection on About.com… - Geologic Maps - Las Vegas Nevada Region, Full SizeCreated: 2008-08-28 @ 21:02:00 GMT
The Las Vegas region, from the geologic maps collection on About.com… - Serpentinite Gallery - Serpentinite from 'Earthquake Beach'Updated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:22 GMT
Serpentinite from the edge of the San Andreas fault south of Fort Ross… - Serpentinite Gallery - Serpentine GroundUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:22 GMT
Serpentinite makes for a surreal groundscape… - Serpentinite Gallery - Vermont Serpentinite CloseupUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:22 GMT
Closeup of the faulted surface of a Vermont serpentinite… - Serpentinite Gallery - Serpentinite and BlueschistUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:22 GMT
Serpentinite and blueschist may occur together, as here in the Oakland Hills… - Serpentinite Gallery - Bastite, Serpentinitized PyroxeneUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:22 GMT
Bastite is the name given to pyroxene replaced by serpentine… - Serpentinite Gallery - Verd Antique or Serpentine MarbleUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:22 GMT
The luscious green marble of builders is a serpentinite… - Serpentinite Gallery - Serpentinite Roadcut near Lake BerryessaUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:21 GMT
Serpentinite in a roadcut may originate in an ancient mud volcano… - Serpentinite Gallery - Acicular Crystals in SerpentiniteUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:21 GMT
Needlelike crystals in a serpentinite vein near Lake Berryessa, California… - Serpentinite Gallery - Serpentinite from Idria Ultramafic BodyUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:21 GMT
Serpentinite of the Idria ultramafic body is a bright blue-green… - Serpentinite Gallery - Serpentinite Hand Specimen, Lake BerryessaUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:21 GMT
A lovely hand specimen of California serpentinite… - Serpentinite Gallery - Serpentinite Hand Specimen, Sierra NevadaUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:20 GMT
A hand specimen of very dark serpentinite… - Serpentinite Gallery - Serpentinite, Ring Mountain PreserveUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:20 GMT
A closeup of high-grade serpentinite at the Ring Mountain Preserve… - Serpentinite Gallery - Serpentine Barren at Ring Mountain, CaliforniaUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:20 GMT
Treeless terrain underlain by serpentinite at Ring Mountain, California… - Serpentinite Gallery - Serpentinite Cliffs, Baker Beach, San Francis…Updated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:20 GMT
Serpentinite cliffs above Baker Beach, San Francisco… - Serpentinite Gallery - Serpentinite Cross-Section, Oakland HillsUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:19 GMT
A backyard cut displays the guts of a serpentinite bodyA clean cut into the slope behind a house exposes the fluid internal shapes of a serpentinite body. Serpentinite is more easily deformed than … - Serpentinite Gallery - Serpentinite Outcrop, Oakland HillsUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:19 GMT
Serpentinite slope in the Oakland Hills, California… - Serpentinite Gallery - Serpentinite, Feather River Ultramafic Comple…Updated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:19 GMT
Mottled green serpentinite in the Sierra Nevada… - Serpentinite Gallery - Light and Dark Serpentinite, Sierra NevadaUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:19 GMT
Light and dark serpentinite at the same locality… - Serpentinite Gallery - Serpentinite Exhibit, Regional Parks Botanic …Updated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:41:18 GMT
A teaching gallery of these interesting, important and sexy rocks… - Serpentinite GalleryUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:40:14 GMT
A gallery of these interesting, important and sexy rocks… - Serpentinite GalleryUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:40:14 GMT
A gallery of these interesting, important and sexy rocks… - Serpentinite GalleryUpdated: 2008-08-28 @ 00:40:14 GMT
A gallery of these interesting, important and sexy rocks… - Fossils of Triceratops Trail, Golden Colorado - Hazard MonitoringUpdated: 2008-08-26 @ 00:20:41 GMT
Quarry walls on the Triceratops Trail are watched closely for signs of weakness… - Fossils of Triceratops Trail, Golden Colorado - Raindrop ImpressionsUpdated: 2008-08-26 @ 00:20:41 GMT
Raindrop impressions are among the fossils preserved for Golden's citizens… - Fossils of Triceratops Trail, Golden Colorado - Leaf ImpressionUpdated: 2008-08-26 @ 00:20:40 GMT
A small leaf impression is preserved at Triceratops Trail… - Fossils of Triceratops Trail, Golden Colorado - Small Burrows and Tr…Updated: 2008-08-26 @ 00:20:40 GMT
Small trace fossils at Triceratops Trail… - Fossils of Triceratops Trail, Golden Colorado - Palm LeavesUpdated: 2008-08-26 @ 00:20:40 GMT
Fine palm-leaf fossils are preserved at Triceratops Trail… - Fossils of Triceratops Trail, Golden Colorado - Predator Dinosaur Tr…Updated: 2008-08-26 @ 00:20:40 GMT
A tyrannosaurid track is preserved at Golden's Triceratops Trail… - Fossils of Triceratops Trail, Golden Colorado - Diplodocus TrackUpdated: 2008-08-26 @ 00:20:40 GMT
Diplodocus track preserved at Triceratops Trail for Golden's citizens… - Fossils of Triceratops Trail, Golden Colorado - Former Clay PitUpdated: 2008-08-26 @ 00:20:39 GMT
Dinosaur tracks and other fine fossils are preserved in former clay pits… - Fossils of Triceratops Trail, Golden ColoradoUpdated: 2008-08-26 @ 00:19:35 GMT
Dinosaur tracks and other fine fossils are preserved for Golden's citizens… - Fossils of Triceratops Trail, Golden Colorado - Fossil Trace Golf Co…Updated: 2008-08-26 @ 00:19:35 GMT
Dinosaur tracks and other fine fossils are preserved alongside a new golf course… - Fossils of Triceratops Trail, Golden ColoradoUpdated: 2008-08-26 @ 00:19:35 GMT
Dinosaur tracks and other fine fossils are preserved for Golden's citizens… - Fossils of Triceratops Trail, Golden ColoradoUpdated: 2008-08-26 @ 00:19:35 GMT
Dinosaur tracks and other fine fossils are preserved for Golden's citizens… - Quakes and Other Events - Geological PhenomenaUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 03:37:44 GMT
Geological events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are always newsworthy… - Earthquake Resources for Eastern United StatesUpdated: 2008-08-22 @ 16:25:41 GMT
Quake-related information--maps, reports, advice--for the Eastern United States… - The Century in Review: Doing Something About the ClimateUpdated: 2008-08-20 @ 18:03:11 GMT
What a difference a century makes when it comes to understanding the climate… - Sustainable Society: Toward Disaster ResilienceUpdated: 2008-08-19 @ 16:42:03 GMT
A classic book on disaster resilience, living sustainably with natural disasters, has gotten high-level attention… - What Is Geology?Updated: 2008-08-18 @ 16:09:22 GMT
The whole of Earth sciences, compressed to a nutshell… - Five Plate Tectonic Myths - Misconceptions about Plate TectonicsUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 23:23:21 GMT
Even geologists are prone to these misconceptions: plate rigidity, ridge compression, ridge fixity, forcible subduction, and mantle convection… - Gallery of Artificial Rocks - Inside a Lime KilnUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:14 GMT
Inside the fire chamber of an old lime kiln… - Gallery of Artificial Rocks - Lime Kiln Fire BayUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:14 GMT
Entrance to an abandoned lime kiln… - Gallery of Artificial Rocks - Historic Lime KilnUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:14 GMT
Limestone was once burned in open-topped kilns… - Gallery of Artificial Rocks - Concrete Sidewalk Cross SectionUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:13 GMT
A beveled concrete sidewalk reveals its aggregate interior… - Artificial Rocks - Brick TileUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:13 GMT
Brickclay can be fashioned and fired into tiles… - Artificial Rocks - Plaster FriezeUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:13 GMT
Plaster makes up an elegant bas-relief in Oakland, California… - Gallery of Artificial Rocks - SlagUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:13 GMT
Slag is a form of artificial rock… - Gallery of Artificial Rocks - Mother-of-Pearl in ConcreteUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:13 GMT
Concrete made decorative with mother-of-pearl… - Gallery of Artificial Rocks - Prestressed Concrete BridgeUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:13 GMT
A concrete bridge across a gully was cast in place… - Artificial Rocks - MortarUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:12 GMT
Mortar holds together a rustic stone wall… - Artificial Rocks - Concrete Skateboard RinkUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:12 GMT
The skateboard rink of Piedmont, California, shows concrete's native virtues… - Artificial Rocks - Concrete BoulderUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:12 GMT
Concrete joins natural boulders in a Nevada riverbed… - Artificial Rocks - Aggregate in ConcreteUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:12 GMT
San Francisco concrete reveals its local aggregate… - Artificial Rocks - Concrete SidewalkUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:11 GMT
A concrete sidewalk from 1910 is ready for another century… - Artificial Rocks - Brick and Concrete RubbleUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:11 GMT
Bricks and concrete are fully recyclable by nature… - Artificial Rocks - Concrete FloorUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:11 GMT
Concrete makes a fine floor for the display of fine art… - Artificial Rocks - Plaster and BrickUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:11 GMT
Brick and plaster combine in the elegant buildings of Old Oakland, California… - Artificial Rocks - Brick and MortarUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:11 GMT
Brick column with oozing mortar in Laguna Beach, California… - Artificial Rocks - AdobeUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:10 GMT
Adobe bricks in Old Town San Diego State Park… - Gallery of Artificial RocksUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:10 GMT
Bricks, mortar, concrete, plaster and other artificial rocks… - Gallery of Artificial Rocks - Blue SlagUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:10 GMT
Slag can take on many colors, like this sky blue… - Gallery of Artificial RocksUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:09 GMT
Bricks, mortar, concrete, plaster and other artificial rocks… - Gallery of Artificial RocksUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 17:03:09 GMT
Bricks, mortar, concrete, plaster and other artificial rocks… - Current EarthquakesUpdated: 2008-08-13 @ 00:45:51 GMT
Directions to information and data from earthquakes as fast as possible… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Green ChertUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:59 GMT
Metamorphosed chert turns green on a Marin County beach… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Actinolite SchistUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:59 GMT
A greenschist consisting almost entirely of actinolite… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Baker Beach SerpentiniteUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:59 GMT
Serpentinite of North Baker Beach and the Golden Gate… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Serpentine with VeinUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:59 GMT
A thick vein of serpentine… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Serpentinite BoulderUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:59 GMT
A 2-kg specimen of California's finest serpentine rock… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - New Idria ChrysotileUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:58 GMT
Flaky chrysotile on a serpentinite specimen from the New Idria mining district… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Chrysotile VeinUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:58 GMT
A 2-centimeter-thick vein of chrysotile, close up… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Altered ChertUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:58 GMT
Chert can be metamorphosed… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Polished SerpentiniteUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:58 GMT
Serpentinite is polished by the surf at Jenner, California… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Chrysotile RockUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:58 GMT
Serpentinite may contain chrysotile like this specimen… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - PhylliteUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:57 GMT
Phyllite, second in the pelitic metamorphic series… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - SlateUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:57 GMT
Slate is the first metamorphic rock in the pelitic sequence… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - New York GneissUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:57 GMT
A lumpy gneiss from New York… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Migmatitic GneissUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:56 GMT
Gneiss in the extreme displays plastic and fluid deformation… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Metamorphic PebbleUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:56 GMT
A multicolored metamorphic pebble… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - MigmatiteUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:56 GMT
Migmatite from the San Gabriel Mountains… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Garnet GneissUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:56 GMT
A garnet gneiss from upstate New York… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Schist in SculptureUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:55 GMT
An ancient Buddha is carved from schist… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Pinto GneissUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:02:55 GMT
Gneiss in Joshua Tree National Park… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Phyllite CloseupUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:57 GMT
Closeup of phyllite… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Greenstone OutcropUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:57 GMT
A spectrum of metamorphic rocks, the pelitic sequence and the basaltic sequence… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - MetaquartziteUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:57 GMT
Quartzite showing its original sand grains is called metaquartzite… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Manhattan SchistUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:57 GMT
Manhattan Schist is a classic mica schist… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - OrthoquartziteUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:57 GMT
Closeup of orthoquartzite, in the metamorphic rocks gallery… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - GreenstoneUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:57 GMT
Greenstone at midrange… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Mica SchistUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:56 GMT
A dark mica schist from Manhattan… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - MarbleUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:56 GMT
Marble is metamorphosed limestone… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Jadeitic ChertUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:56 GMT
High pressures convert siliceous mudstone to a jadeitic chert… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Schist OutcropUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:56 GMT
Mica Schist outcrop in New York City… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - GreenstoneUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:56 GMT
Greenstone, altered basalt from Pachecho Pass in California… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Eclogite OutcropUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:55 GMT
Outcrop of eclogite at Jenner, California… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Contact MetamorphismUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:55 GMT
The Purcell Sill roasts the adjoining limestone into marble… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Eclogite SpecimenUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:55 GMT
Hand specimen of eclogite… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - BlueschistUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:54 GMT
Blueschist closeup… - Metamorphic Rock Gallery - Blueschist CloseupUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:54 GMT
Planar surface of blueschist… - Metamorphic Rock GalleryUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:53 GMT
A spectrum of metamorphic rocks, the pelitic sequence and the basaltic sequence… - Metamorphic Rock GalleryUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:53 GMT
A spectrum of metamorphic rocks, the pelitic sequence and the basaltic sequence… - Metamorphic Rock GalleryUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 03:01:52 GMT
A spectrum of metamorphic rocks, the pelitic sequence and the basaltic sequence… - Earth Art Gallery - Earth Art in Waterfalls by Oscar EliassonUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:54:28 GMT
Olafur Eliasson's 'Waterfalls' gave the urban landscape its own cataract… - Earth Art Gallery - PetroglyphsUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:54:28 GMT
Petroglyphs of the American Southwest qualify as Earth art… - Earth Art Gallery - Abstract SuisekiUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:54:27 GMT
Abstract suiseki by Jim Broadhurst, in the Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art Gallery - Green Mountain SuisekiUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:54:27 GMT
Green mountain suiseki stone, in the Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art Gallery - Penjing, Chinese Landscape StonesUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:54:27 GMT
Penjing, the ancient Chinese art of stone landscapes, in the Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art Gallery - Gongshi or Chinese Scholar StonesUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:54:27 GMT
A gongshi or scholar's stone from China in the Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art Gallery - Creation Myth by Jesse ReichekUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:54:26 GMT
Creation myth interpreted by Jesse Reichek, in the Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art Gallery - Creation Myth by Jesse ReichekUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:54:26 GMT
Creation myth interpreted by Jesse Reichek, in the Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art Gallery - Brown SuisekiUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:54:26 GMT
A brown suiseki stone, in the Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art Gallery - Vernacular Art on Stinson BeachUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:54:26 GMT
Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art Gallery - Vernacular Earth Art, Panoche Hills, CaliforniaUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:54:25 GMT
Gypsum city, Panoche Hills, in the Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art Gallery - Stone Flower by Richard BottoUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:53:26 GMT
The stone flowers and mushrooms created by Richard Botto are Earth art… - Earth Art Gallery - Roadside Shotcrete SculptureUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:53:26 GMT
Road projects hire sculptors to make shotcrete look like stone… - Earth Art Gallery - Stone River by Andy GoldsworthyUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:53:24 GMT
Stone River by Andy Goldsworthy, in the Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art Gallery - Stone River by Andy GoldsworthyUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:53:24 GMT
Stone River by Andy Goldsworthy, in the Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art Gallery - Stone River by Andy GoldsworthyUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:53:24 GMT
Stone River by Andy Goldsworthy, in the Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art Gallery - Stone River by Andy GoldsworthyUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:53:24 GMT
Stone River by Andy Goldsworthy, in the Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art Gallery - The Globe as ArtUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:53:23 GMT
Earth itself becomes art in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens… - Earth Art Gallery - Japanese Rock GardenUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:53:23 GMT
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Mountain stone-type suiseki by Lance Plaza, in the Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art GalleryUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:53:22 GMT
Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art GalleryUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:53:22 GMT
Earth art photo gallery… - Earth Art GalleryUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:53:22 GMT
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Greenstone in a California roadcut and outcrop…