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Slickensides on the  Howick Fault. Northumberland UK
  • Location: Howick, Northumberland, UK
  • Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): 03/07/2010

The slickensides are the vertical markings in the centre of the photograph.

The face is the North part of the Howick Fault in Northumberland, and the marks were caused at the time of faulting.

Herringbone CrossStratification
  • Location: Howick, Northumberland, UK
  • Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): 03/07/2010

Bit of nice herringbone cross stratification as pointed out by the finger.

Taken on a field trip to Howick Northumberland UK.

Folds at the island Mors, Denmark 2
  • Location: Mors, Denmark
  • Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): May 2007

These are some very nice folds, caused by glaciers in these Paleocene/Eocene Mo-Clay deposits on the coast of the island Mors, Denmark.

Folds at the island Mors, Denmark
  • Location: Mors, Denmark
  • Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): May 2007

This is a very nice fold, caused by glaciers in these Paleocene/Eocene Mo-Clay deposits on the coast of the island Mors, Denmark.

Crinoids in limestone exposure
  • Location: National Stone Centre, Wirksworth, Derbyshire
  • Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): 20th March 2010

A, sadly not in situ, block of Limestone showing how abundant life was in this cretaceous era lagoon. (battery for scale)

Karstic surface
  • Location: Blaen Onneu Quarry, South Wales
  • Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): 18th March, 2010

This picture shows a cliff of Carboniferous Oolitic Limestone in a disused quarry. The upper surface was kartsified in the Carboniferous with a thick soil on top. The dissolution of the carbonate has left a thick wedge of regolith on top. Note the castellated boundary between the dark grey oolite and the yellow-coloured regolith.

Lands end granitic dykes intruding the mylor slates, Cornwall, uk
  • Location: unknown beach exposure, cornwall, uk
  • Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): 2007

Lewisian Gneiss
  • Location: Achmelvich - Sutherland Scotland
  • Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): June 2009

Amphibolite pod in Lewisian gneiss
  • Location: Achmelvich - Sutherland Scotland
  • Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): June 2009

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