ROCKS  &  FOSSILS

IN  THE  FIELD

 


 

“Travel is the very foundation of a successful career as a scientific scholar, and the best have always traveled - even if it cost them their lives.”

- Carl Linnaeus, 1741

 


 

 

Geology & Biology of San Salvador Island, Bahamas

 

 


 

Geology of California

 

Moro Rock (Sierra Nevada Mountains)

 

La Brea Tar Pits

 

Mt. Shasta

 

Lava Beds & Medicine Lake Volcano

 

Resting Spring Range

 

Eagle Mountain

 

Funeral Mountains

 

Marble Mountains

 

Titus Canyon & Death Valley

 

 


 

Geology of Nevada

 

Arrow Canyon (southern Nevada)

 

Bactrian Mountain (southern Nevada)

 

Spring Mountains (southern Nevada)

 

Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) (Nevada-Arizona border)

 


 

Geology of Idaho

 

  Bruneau Sand Dunes (southern Idaho)

 

  Craters of the Moon (southern Idaho)

 

  Eastern Snake River Plain (southeastern Idaho)

 


 

Geology of Wyoming

 

  Sherman Mountains (Laramie Range, se Wyoming)

 

  Teton Range (Grand Teton National Park, nw Wyoming)

 

  Yellowstone Hotspot (northeastern Wyoming)

 


 

Geology of Oregon

 

Newberry Volcano

 


 

Geology of Utah

 

Zion Canyon (southwestern Utah)

 

Salina Canyon (central Utah)

 

Drum Mountains (western Utah)

 

Arches National Park (eastern Utah)

 

Great Salt Lake (northern Utah)

 


 

Geology of New Mexico

 

Carlsbad Caverns

 

Navajo Volcanic Field (Ship Rock, etc.)

 

Table Mesa

 

Gypsum Plain

 

Sierra Grande Shield Volcano

 

Valles Caldera

 


Geology of Arizona

 

Painted Desert

 

Petrified Forest

 


Geology of Colorado

 

  Pikes Peak

 

  Dinosaur Ridge

 

  Rocky Mountains National Park

 

  Cave of the Winds

 


 

Geology of Texas

 

Guadalupe Mountains

 

Odessa Impact Crater

 


 

Geology of South Dakota

 

Sioux Falls

 


 

Geology of Arkansas

 

Coleman Quartz Mine

 


 

Geology of Wisconsin

 

Waukesha Quarry

 


 

Geology of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

 

Mackinac Breccia (Devonian) - Castle Rock Lakestack

 


 

Munising Formation (Cambrian) - Pictured Rocks

 


 

Jacobsville Sandstone (~1.03-1.07 b.y.)

 


 

Oronto Group

     Freda Sandstone (~1.07-1.08 b.y.)

     Nonesuch Shale (~1.07-1.08 b.y.) - Presque Isle River

     Lake Shore Traps (1.087 b.y.)

     Copper Harbor Conglomerate (1.085-1.093 b.y.)

 


 

Portage Lake Volcanic Series (1.093-1.097 b.y.)

(plus photos and info. about the Allouez Conglomerate & the Calumet and Hecla Conglomerate, 1.094-1.095 b.y.)

 


 

Michigamme Formation (~1.85-1.86 b.y.)

 


 

Menominee Group

    Negaunee Iron-Formation (2.11 b.y.) - Jasper Knob & Champion Specularites &

Michigamme Mine

    Siamo Slate & Ajibik Quartzite (2.1-2.2 b.y.)

 


 

Chocolay Group (2.20-2.29 b.y.)

 


 

Basement Rocks

   Deer Lake Peridotite (~2.5-2.7 b.y.) 

   Compeau Creek Gneiss (?~2.6-3.0 b.y.)

   Kitchi Formation (?~2.7 b.y.)

   Mona Formation (?~2.7 b.y.)

 


 

Geology of Virginia

 

Narrows Water Gap (New River) (western VA)

 


 

Geology of Kentucky

 

Mammoth Cave

 

Maysville West roadcut (Upper Ordovician)

 

Burkesville South roadcuts (Ordovician-Devonian unconformity & Lower Mississippian)

 

Red River Gorge (Mississippian to Pennsylvanian)

 

Cumberland Falls (Pennsylvanian)

 


 

Geology of Pennsylvania

 

Centralia Coal Fire

 

Coral Caverns (town of Manns Choice)

 

Drake Well Museum

 

Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine

 


 

Geology of Vermont

 

Whipstock Hill

 


 

Geology of New Hampshire

 

Ruggles Pegmatite

 


 

Geology of Quebec, Canada

 

Montmorency Falls

 

Deschambault Limestone

 

Jacques Cartier River

 

St. Yvon

 

Anse ŕ Pierre-Loiselle

 


 

Geology of China

 

Chengjiang

 

Nanjing Hills

 


 

Geology of South Korea

 


 

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