Volcanoes and the products of volcanism Volcanoes shape our earth: landscapes, the air we breathe, the oceans. From day one […]
The Dalaradian, a 15+km-thick sequence of metasediments and metavolcanics occupies a broad swath through central Scotland. This is the Grampian
This collection of images from various modern and ancient fluvial deposits, includes meandering (high sinuosity) and braided (low sinuosity) rivers.
Shallow marine – estuarine – tidal flat – lagoon and coastal dunes This collection of images spans the shallowest marine
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The Burrens – a limestone karst landscape Here’s a selection of photos from the Burrens of County Clare, Ireland. Carboniferous
This biography is part of the series Pioneering women in Earth Sciences – the link will take you to the
This Atlas of Cool-Water Carbonates-limestones is a companion post to the Atlas of modern coral reefs For decades, all limestones
Texture in a rock describes the relationship of its components – grains, minerals, other chunks of rock – to one
Soil, dirt, mud; weathering processes Soils and weathering, the products of physical, chemical, and biological processes, produce a veneer on