view gallery |  Bufones de Pría - Principado de Asturias, Spain.
in Places of Geologic Significance Asturian coast offers surprises, such as the so-called buffoons: the sea breathes, roars, we see it jumping over our heads in a cloud. posted by: Ariberna location: Principado de Asturias, Spain date approved: 1/20/2021 last visited: 1/20/2021 |
view gallery |  Niobrara Chalk - Bloomington, NE
in Places of Geologic Significance The Niobrara Chalk Formation underlies most of the Great Plains of the US and Canada; this outcropping is south of Bloomington, Nebraska. posted by: The Snowdog location: Nebraska date approved: 1/16/2021 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Rose City - Petra, Jordan
in Places of Geologic Significance Rose Red City of Petra gets its name from the color of the rock into which it’s been carved. posted by: Walking Boots location: Jordan date approved: 1/16/2021 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Lagos de Covadonga - Asturias, España
in Places of Geologic Significance Lakes of Covadonga, where the predominance of limestone rock and the geological structure, together with the action of ice,
Karst and human activity have configured a landscape of great beauty and grandeur. posted by: Ariberna location: Principado de Asturias, Spain date approved: 1/5/2021 last visited: 1/5/2021 |
view gallery |  Kalksteinfelsen am Schönberg
in Places of Geologic Significance Kalksteinfelsen am Schönberg posted by: EverNewJoy location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany date approved: 12/20/2020 last visited: 12/16/2020 |
view gallery |  Capitol Reef National Park - Torrey Utah
in Places of Geologic Significance Capitol Reef National Park is defined by the Waterpocket Fold, a massive buckling of the earth's crust. Landforms such as Capitol Dome, carved by ancient waterways, fill this cold desert ecosystem which supported a diversity of plants and animals. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Utah date approved: 12/12/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  O tangaraño - Barbadás, Ourense, Galicia, España
in Places of Geologic Significance Giant rock in the middle of nothing posted by: Ariberna location: Galicia, Spain date approved: 11/11/2020 last visited: 11/11/2020 |
view gallery |  Le velodrome et la lame de Facibelle - La Robine sur Glabe, France
in Places of Geologic Significance Une curiosité de l'ère Tertiaire. / A curiosity from the Tertiary era. posted by: YvesProvence location: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France date approved: 10/25/2020 last visited: 10/27/2020 |
view gallery |  Findling in Neurath - NRW [GER]
in Places of Geologic Significance Findling zwischen dem Kraftwerk Neurath und dem Kraftwerk Frimmersdorf posted by: Na+To location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany date approved: 9/27/2020 last visited: 9/30/2020 |
view gallery |  Findling in Rommerskirchen-Sinsteden, NRW [GER]
in Places of Geologic Significance Einzelner, liegender, heller sehr großer Stein mit Loch, in Rommerskirchen-Sinsteden. posted by: Na+To location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany date approved: 9/27/2020 last visited: 11/3/2020 |
view gallery |  Paint Mines Interpretive Park
in Places of Geologic Significance Colored clay formations in Colorado posted by: toponym location: Colorado date approved: 9/17/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Panhandle-Hugoton Gas Field - Potter County, Texas
in Places of Geologic Significance The geological structure was discovered by Dr. Charles N. Gould in 1905.... posted by: YoSam. location: Texas date approved: 9/1/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Árbol de Piedra - Uyuni, Bolivia
in Places of Geologic Significance The Árbol de Piedra is a highlight of the tours in Salar de Uyuni. posted by: Torgut location: Bolivia date approved: 6/12/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Mystery Craters -South Kolan, Qld, Australia
in Places of Geologic Significance 35 mystery graters posted by: blingg location: Queensland, Australia date approved: 5/17/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Hranická propast / Hranice abyss - Hranice (Central Moravia)
in Places of Geologic Significance The Hranice Abyss (Hranická propast) is a karst sinkhole located near the town of Hranice in Prerov County. The greatest confirmed depth is 473 m (404 m under the water level), which makes it the deepest known underwater cave in the world. posted by: Dorcadion Team location: Olomoucký kraj, Czechia date approved: 5/10/2020 last visited: 6/26/2020 |
view gallery |  Vánuv kámen / Vána Rock - Koprivnice (North-East Moravia)
in Places of Geologic Significance Vánuv kámen (Vána Rock), the dominant outcrop of Jurassic limestone with a distinctive breccia texture, is a Natural monument and Natural protected area near the town of Koprivnice in the Nový Jicín county. posted by: Dorcadion Team location: Moravskoslezský kraj, Czechia date approved: 4/25/2020 last visited: 5/16/2020 |
view gallery |  Aareschlucht, Meiringen, Switzerland
in Places of Geologic Significance Spectacular chasm in near the town of Meiringen in Switzerland posted by: Becktracker location: Bern, Switzerland date approved: 2/23/2020 last visited: 8/22/2015 |
view gallery |  Conococheague Formation - Lebanon Church, VA
in Places of Geologic Significance A unique rock outcrop outside of Lebanon Church, Virginia that I visited during my geology sedimentation and stratigraphy class while a geology undergrad in the Fall of 2019. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 12/20/2019 last visited: 12/20/2019 |
view gallery |  Paha Sapa, Black Hills - near Sundance - Wyoming
in Places of Geologic Significance Paha Sapa, Black Hills
Geologic History of the Lakotas' Sacred Hills posted by: gemeloj location: Wyoming date approved: 12/16/2019 last visited: 6/4/2019 |
view gallery |  Recipe for a Sand Dune (Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore-Beverly Shores, IN
in Places of Geologic Significance Recipe for a Sand Dune-Dig a huge hole with a glacier. Use the ice to grind up millions of tons of rock and dirt and make ridges around the edge of the hole. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Indiana date approved: 12/2/2019 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Millaa Millaa's Columnar Basalts - Milla Milla - QLD - Australia
in Places of Geologic Significance Waterfall in an vulcanic area. posted by: CADS11 location: Queensland, Australia date approved: 11/5/2019 last visited: 11/4/2019 |
view gallery |  Glacial Till - Lac La Chesnaye
in Places of Geologic Significance Till or glacial till is unsorted glacial sediment.
Till is derived from the erosion and entrainment of material by the moving ice of a glacier. It is deposited some distance down-ice to form terminal, lateral, medial and ground moraines.
Till is classified into primary deposits, laid down directly by glaciers, and secondary deposits, reworked by fluvial transport and other processes. posted by: davidb1957 location: Québec, Canada date approved: 9/26/2019 last visited: 5/24/2020 |
view gallery |  Bloc Erratique Chemin de la Pointe à La Croix
in Places of Geologic Significance Un bloc erratique est, en géologie et en géomorphologie, un fragment de roche d'origine morainique qui a été déplacé par un glacier parfois sur de grandes distances. Lors de la fonte du glacier, le bloc erratique est abandonné sur place posted by: Casper&Aero location: Québec, Canada date approved: 9/26/2019 last visited: 9/25/2019 |
view gallery |  Glacial Erratic -Bloc Erratique
in Places of Geologic Significance A glacial erratic is a piece of rock that differs from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests.
Un bloc erratique est un fragment de roche d'origine morainique qui a été déplacé par un glacie posted by: davidb1957 location: Québec, Canada date approved: 9/24/2019 last visited: 10/5/2019 |
view gallery |  Church Rock - Kayenta, AZ
in Places of Geologic Significance Church Rock is a volcanic plug rising on the Navajo Nation outside of Kayenta. posted by: rjmcdonough1 location: Arizona date approved: 9/17/2019 last visited: never |
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