tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36487996836687424142024-03-13T23:11:47.397-07:00Rocks From AboveGeology at 35,000 feetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-41426216586023627892010-03-25T05:49:00.000-07:002013-05-16T08:01:22.619-07:00Rocks From Above: Geology From Airplanes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ever been on an airplane and flown over some weird-looking mountain and wondered how it formed? Or seen some river double back on itself and wondered how on Earth that happened?<br />
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Every plane flight we take it is an illustration of countless geologic processes. By learning how to identify what you're seeing, you can start to understand the geology of the areas over which you fly.<br />
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I'm devoting this blog to helping people identify and understand the geologic landforms they can see from airplanes. Below are just a few of the tools available: features sorted by what they look like (mountains, valleys, etc.), features sorted by name, and a guide for figuring out what you fly over before or after your flight.<br />
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Comments, suggestions, and questions are welcome!<br />
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<tr valign="bottom"><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"What Was That?"</span></a></td><td><br /></td><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Illustrated Geologic Glossary</span></a></td><td><br /></td><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/01/planning-flight.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">How to Geo-Map a Flight</span></a></td></tr>
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Ever fly over some strange landform & wish you new what it was? Check <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">here</a>! I've sorted most common geologic landforms by what they look like.</td><td width="10"><br /></td><td valign="top" width="190"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="1" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452588873377927986" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6t8sPfwUzI/AAAAAAAAA1I/9ExrX8oa4bg/s400/glossary.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 100px; margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; width: 190px;" /></a></div>
Already know the name of what you're looking for? Here are common geologic features, as seen from 35,000 feet - listed alphabetically.</td><td width="10"><br /></td><td valign="top" width="190"><div style="text-align: center;">
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Flying somewhere? Want to know what you'll be flying over? Check out <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/01/planning-flight.html">this tool</a> to help.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-68118806434814837082010-03-17T11:18:00.003-07:002010-03-17T11:34:10.166-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - X, Y, Z<span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">{X}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="Y" id="Y"></a>{Y}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="Z" id="Z"></a>{Z}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-61855108085665729502010-03-17T11:18:00.001-07:002010-03-17T11:33:58.752-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - W<a name="W" id="W"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span></a><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="W" id="W"></a>{W}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Water Gaps </span>- Water gaps are the small, narrow valleys by which a river cuts across a mountain range. They typically indicate that the river is older than the mountain; in other words: the river established its course before the region was uplifted. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_gap">read more</a>}<br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3n5x0ZcwhI/AAAAAAAAAm0/x96TRWLSvp8/s1600-h/watergap2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3n5x0ZcwhI/AAAAAAAAAm0/x96TRWLSvp8/s400/watergap2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438652659300876818" border="1" /></a></td> <td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3n5xpDt4fI/AAAAAAAAAms/_gVneJivO3s/s1600-h/watergap1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3n5xpDt4fI/AAAAAAAAAms/_gVneJivO3s/s400/watergap1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438652656256934386" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3n5yDCk3ZI/AAAAAAAAAm8/gVMGxmIciVc/s1600-h/watergap3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3n5yDCk3ZI/AAAAAAAAAm8/gVMGxmIciVc/s400/watergap3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438652663231470994" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Water_Gaps.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Water_Gaps.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="X" id="X"></a></span></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-23951341434590314262010-03-17T11:17:00.006-07:002010-03-17T11:33:48.902-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - V<span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">{V}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Valleys, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Fault-Controlled </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- Faults often produce straight, steep valleys. Faults grind rocks together, creating a plane of weakness, which is more easily eroded than surrounding rock. This plane is a good place for a valley to form. (Note: Not all faults look like valleys, though. In fact, most do not.)<br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pPlYheeeI/AAAAAAAAAR8/MFzWcAf0plQ/s1600-h/valley_fault_controlled.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pPlYheeeI/AAAAAAAAAR8/MFzWcAf0plQ/s400/valley_fault_controlled.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429739804405168610" border="1" /></a></td> <td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3wwCoFheeI/AAAAAAAAArk/1VAZxLWjli8/s1600-h/fault-controlled_canyon2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3wwCoFheeI/AAAAAAAAArk/1VAZxLWjli8/s400/fault-controlled_canyon2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439275271635171810" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3wwCz8feAI/AAAAAAAAArs/-L7jxnzjHQs/s1600-h/fault-controlled_canyon4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3wwCz8feAI/AAAAAAAAArs/-L7jxnzjHQs/s400/fault-controlled_canyon4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439275274818516994" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Fault-Controlled_Canyons.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Fault-Controlled_Canyons.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Valleys, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">U-Shaped </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- A wide valley with steep sides - a cross-section of the valley would look like a U. These valleys are carved by glaciers, and are usually only seen in the northern regions of the U.S. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-shaped_valley">read more</a>}<br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pYWzTxqjI/AAAAAAAAATE/TP_QBGjDVQo/s1600-h/U-shaped-valley.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pYWzTxqjI/AAAAAAAAATE/TP_QBGjDVQo/s400/U-shaped-valley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429749449502075442" border="1" /></a></td> <td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pZ82vAGmI/AAAAAAAAATU/LOMutzQ45FQ/s1600-h/U-shaped-valley3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pZ82vAGmI/AAAAAAAAATU/LOMutzQ45FQ/s400/U-shaped-valley3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429751202768231010" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pZ8nfbEKI/AAAAAAAAATM/C47HsP2XPcI/s1600-h/U-shaped-valley2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pZ8nfbEKI/AAAAAAAAATM/C47HsP2XPcI/s400/U-shaped-valley2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429751198676357282" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~12 miles, and so are each ~3 miles across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/U-Shaped_Valleys.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/U-Shaped_Valleys.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Valleys, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">V-Shaped </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- V-shaped valleys typically form from rivers. Their sides are gentle slopes straight down to the river below, unlike U-shaped glacial valleys that have very steep sides and a rounded, flat bottom. V-shaped valleys are common in recently-uplifted, young terrain; for example: in the western states. Older, more well-developed terrain rarely have V-shaped valleys. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley#River_valleys">read more</a>}<br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3wdYCOZ52I/AAAAAAAAArU/ZjPcl0XB85E/s1600-h/v-shaped-valley2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3wdYCOZ52I/AAAAAAAAArU/ZjPcl0XB85E/s400/v-shaped-valley2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439254748708071266" border="1" /></a></td> <td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3wdYZICw4I/AAAAAAAAArc/gHl8LrQ_Q3Y/s1600-h/v-shaped-valley3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3wdYZICw4I/AAAAAAAAArc/gHl8LrQ_Q3Y/s400/v-shaped-valley3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439254754855404418" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3wdX0JxXHI/AAAAAAAAArM/Wc_oOdyR3Vk/s1600-h/v-shaped-valley1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3wdX0JxXHI/AAAAAAAAArM/Wc_oOdyR3Vk/s400/v-shaped-valley1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439254744930540658" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/V-Shaped_Valleys.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/V-Shaped_Valleys.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-25811553260663219412010-03-17T11:17:00.005-07:002010-03-17T12:53:52.344-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - U<span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">{U}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">U-Shaped Valley</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>- <span style="font-style: italic;">See </span>"Valley, U-Shaped"<br /><br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Urban Sprawl </span>- The spreading of a city way, way, way beyond its center; typical of western cities, which can expand into neighboring nothingness. Las Vegas and Los Angeles are good examples. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Sprawl">read more</a>}<br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6EzEQiIRmI/AAAAAAAAAx0/RmEQi9vBtfA/s1600-h/urban_sprawl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 650px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6EzEQiIRmI/AAAAAAAAAx0/RmEQi9vBtfA/s400/urban_sprawl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449693172345620066" border="1" /></a></td> <td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3n5xpDt4fI/AAAAAAAAAms/_gVneJivO3s/s1600-h/watergap1.jpg"><br /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3n5yDCk3ZI/AAAAAAAAAm8/gVMGxmIciVc/s1600-h/watergap3.jpg"><br /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Image was taken from an altitude of ~40 miles, and so is ~20 miles across.<br /><br /></span> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="V" id="V"></a></span></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-47409418786365498132010-03-17T11:17:00.003-07:002010-03-17T11:33:26.897-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - T<span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">{T}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Tailing Ponds </span>- Large man-made ponds near mines. The miners pump contaminated water into the ponds, where contaminates can precipitate out. Mine operators usually construct the ponds as giant rectangles, frequently in rows. The ponds tend to be multi-colored, and are usually right next to what is obviously a mine. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailings#Pond_storage">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y05mzgwUI/AAAAAAAAAU8/ziZhIzpktHk/s1600-h/tailingsponds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y05mzgwUI/AAAAAAAAAU8/ziZhIzpktHk/s400/tailingsponds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430414152464122178" border="1" /></a></td> <td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y05JNrcoI/AAAAAAAAAUs/zcwoaaKXdKY/s1600-h/tailingsponds2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y05JNrcoI/AAAAAAAAAUs/zcwoaaKXdKY/s400/tailingsponds2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430414144520811138" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y05t-8NII/AAAAAAAAAU0/-S4ll7Otkso/s1600-h/tailingsponds3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y05t-8NII/AAAAAAAAAU0/-S4ll7Otkso/s400/tailingsponds3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430414154391106690" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across. (Yes, they really are that big!)<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Tailings_Ponds.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Tailings_Ponds.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Thrust Sheets </span>- Thrust sheets can also produce ridges. The ridges below are the edges of giant sheets of rock that were thrust up on top of other rocks during a mountain-building event. The thrust sheets tend to form several long, parallel ridges. Note: Not all thrust faults look like this! These are special cases. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust_fault">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3nxcQ-IEVI/AAAAAAAAAmU/Tb88kqM7DKo/s1600-h/ridges_thrust_faults.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3nxcQ-IEVI/AAAAAAAAAmU/Tb88kqM7DKo/s400/ridges_thrust_faults.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438643492920758610" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3nxc0ggvGI/AAAAAAAAAmk/vbzt1E6AjZ4/s1600-h/thrusts3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3nxc0ggvGI/AAAAAAAAAmk/vbzt1E6AjZ4/s400/thrusts3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438643502460222562" border="" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3nxcpGxYDI/AAAAAAAAAmc/rB3-GhjQ59Y/s1600-h/thrusts2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3nxcpGxYDI/AAAAAAAAAmc/rB3-GhjQ59Y/s400/thrusts2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438643499399471154" border="" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Thrust_Faults.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Thrust_Faults.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Tombolo </span>- A long, thin bar of sand that connects the main land to an island. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombolo">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XGPzV_rTI/AAAAAAAAAYk/ODy7hfCQD7Q/s1600-h/tombolo2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XGPzV_rTI/AAAAAAAAAYk/ODy7hfCQD7Q/s400/tombolo2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432966500275170610" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XGQPGftHI/AAAAAAAAAY0/dxXW1ifK3CI/s1600-h/tombolo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XGQPGftHI/AAAAAAAAAY0/dxXW1ifK3CI/s400/tombolo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432966507726353522" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XGQNoiLyI/AAAAAAAAAYs/p9hGxq5e9Jc/s1600-h/tombolo3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XGQNoiLyI/AAAAAAAAAYs/p9hGxq5e9Jc/s400/tombolo3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432966507332251426" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Tombolo.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Tombolo.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Transverse </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dunes </span>- <span style="font-style: italic;">See </span>"Dunes, Transverse"<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="U" id="U"></a></span></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-47654981187749338992010-03-17T11:17:00.001-07:002010-03-25T13:02:54.988-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - S<span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">{S}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Salt Domes </span>- A dome pushed up from below as subsurface salt rises through overlying layers. These are rare in the U.S., but are sometimes seen in the southwest (e.g., Texas) {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_dome">read more</a>}<br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="“204""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XTN1nxmlI/AAAAAAAAAaM/s8equveLsd8/s1600-h/saltdome.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XTN1nxmlI/AAAAAAAAAaM/s8equveLsd8/s400/saltdome.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432980760178039378" border="1" /></a></td> <td width="“204""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6u_MV13IZI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/xMlJvY6VH6A/s1600/saltdome2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6u_MV13IZI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/xMlJvY6VH6A/s400/saltdome2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452661992604508562" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6u_MplvFzI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/dnfVQo62e0g/s1600/saltdome3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6u_MplvFzI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/dnfVQo62e0g/s400/saltdome3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452661997905581874" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Salt_Domes.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="“1"" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Salt_Domes.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Scrollbars / Ridge and Swale </span>- Arcs of small ridges and valleys ("swales") that parallel a river. They're usually deposited as the river meanders across its floodplain. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meander#Scroll-bars">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1h5f3I5rII/AAAAAAAAAOE/lrN-KbNSW-I/s1600-h/ridgeandswale2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1h5f3I5rII/AAAAAAAAAOE/lrN-KbNSW-I/s400/ridgeandswale2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429222939079322754" border="1" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1h5gO18ukI/AAAAAAAAAOM/vyOTsK5ElGw/s1600-h/ridgeandswale3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1h5gO18ukI/AAAAAAAAAOM/vyOTsK5ElGw/s400/ridgeandswale3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429222945442282050" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1h5gTUlJOI/AAAAAAAAAOU/6iIjny3WexY/s1600-h/ridgeandswale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1h5gTUlJOI/AAAAAAAAAOU/6iIjny3WexY/s400/ridgeandswale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429222946644501730" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s1600-h/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Scrollbars.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sea Stack</span>- A rock isolated by coastal erosion. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_stack">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EiRuuMQGI/AAAAAAAAALE/AlZDn3SY_SI/s1600-h/sea_stack.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EiRuuMQGI/AAAAAAAAALE/AlZDn3SY_SI/s400/sea_stack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427156713953050722" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S28Xg6vm3iI/AAAAAAAAAi0/A3Vpdk5DZ1Y/s1600-h/seastack2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S28Xg6vm3iI/AAAAAAAAAi0/A3Vpdk5DZ1Y/s400/seastack2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435589129551666722" border="" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S28XhAP55uI/AAAAAAAAAi8/ci0CeKB027A/s1600-h/seastack3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S28XhAP55uI/AAAAAAAAAi8/ci0CeKB027A/s400/seastack3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435589131029309154" border="" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Sea_Stacks.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Sea_Stacks.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Seif </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dunes </span>- <span style="font-style: italic;">See </span>"Dunes, Longitudinal"</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></a> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sinkhole</span>- A lake made from the collapse of an underground cave. Most sinkholes don't hold water, but when they do, they're noticeable and cool. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinkhole">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EdtOPJDYI/AAAAAAAAAJs/kGvySTHDI6o/s1600-h/sinkholes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EdtOPJDYI/AAAAAAAAAJs/kGvySTHDI6o/s400/sinkholes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427151688711081346" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2783Y0IllI/AAAAAAAAAiM/7LOXFsEB2Pw/s1600-h/sinkholes2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2783Y0IllI/AAAAAAAAAiM/7LOXFsEB2Pw/s400/sinkholes2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435559828766889554" border="" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2783ux4UuI/AAAAAAAAAiU/2OBg359ndCM/s1600-h/sinkholes3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2783ux4UuI/AAAAAAAAAiU/2OBg359ndCM/s400/sinkholes3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435559834663015138" border="" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Sinkholes.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Sinkholes.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Ski Slopes </span>- Long tree-less scars down a mountainside often mark ski slopes.</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1uS9G73VhI/AAAAAAAAAUE/LzKS4fsqReQ/s1600-h/ski_slopes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1uS9G73VhI/AAAAAAAAAUE/LzKS4fsqReQ/s400/ski_slopes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430095354256643602" border="1" /></a></td> <td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1uTcQI_j7I/AAAAAAAAAUM/0XkFdijDYDw/s1600-h/ski_slopes2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1uTcQI_j7I/AAAAAAAAAUM/0XkFdijDYDw/s400/ski_slopes2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430095889303572402" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3w3h7YDA9I/AAAAAAAAAsE/oOV-EVQmtss/s1600-h/skislopes3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3w3h7YDA9I/AAAAAAAAAsE/oOV-EVQmtss/s400/skislopes3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439283505970480082" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Ski_Slopes.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Ski_Slopes.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Slot Canyon</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;">See </span>"Canyon, Slot"<br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Star </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dunes </span>- <span style="font-style: italic;">See </span>"Dunes, Star"<br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Stream Offset</span> - Stream offsets occur when faults dramatically change the course of a stream or river. This is especially well illustrated along the San Andreas Fault in California {<a href="http://geology.about.com/od/structureslandforms/ig/tectoniclandforms/streamoffset.htm">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S271T9l4g-I/AAAAAAAAAiE/i9ZpaPI-naM/s1600-h/streamoffset.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S271T9l4g-I/AAAAAAAAAiE/i9ZpaPI-naM/s400/streamoffset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435551523582542818" border="0" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S271TdT4r1I/AAAAAAAAAh8/-nuhAJ4whks/s1600-h/streamoffset3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S271TdT4r1I/AAAAAAAAAh8/-nuhAJ4whks/s400/streamoffset3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435551514917121874" border="0" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S271S995BQI/AAAAAAAAAh0/rTCcwbk9zYs/s1600-h/streamoffset2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S271S995BQI/AAAAAAAAAh0/rTCcwbk9zYs/s400/streamoffset2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435551506503369986" border="0" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Stream_Offset.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Stream_Offset.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Syncline </span>- Folded layers of rocks can make mountains and valleys. When viewed from the side, syncline folds look like smiley-faces. When viewed from above, syncline folds tend to have valleys in the middle. Syncline valleys are common in the Appalachian Valley and Ridge Province {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncline">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XNh1bf4LI/AAAAAAAAAZs/buNRJGdM_3s/s1600-h/syncline.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XNh1bf4LI/AAAAAAAAAZs/buNRJGdM_3s/s400/syncline.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432974506654163122" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XNhe8xjdI/AAAAAAAAAZc/P9LToiLQkRQ/s1600-h/syncline2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XNhe8xjdI/AAAAAAAAAZc/P9LToiLQkRQ/s400/syncline2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432974500619718098" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XNhg1-_hI/AAAAAAAAAZk/anwaqaYolDg/s1600-h/syncline3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XNhg1-_hI/AAAAAAAAAZk/anwaqaYolDg/s400/syncline3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432974501128109586" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Synclines.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Synclines.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="T" id="T"></a></span></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-43150693296826392762010-03-17T11:16:00.006-07:002010-03-17T11:33:04.320-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - R<a name="R" id="R"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span></a><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="R" id="R"></a>{R}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ridge and Swale</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>- <span style="font-style: italic;">See </span>"Scrollbars"<br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">River</span>, <span style="font-size:130%;">Braided </span> - One of many <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_types">types of rivers</a>. A braided river consists of many small channels that repeatedly split apart and join back together. Large braided rivers are rare in the U.S., restricted to places like Alaska, Montana, and to some extent the Great Plains. Examples below: The Platte River of Nebraska and the Bitterroot River of Montana. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braided_river">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1erpJx9k1I/AAAAAAAAALU/C4dXt79i70w/s1600-h/river_braided.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1erpJx9k1I/AAAAAAAAALU/C4dXt79i70w/s400/river_braided.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428996599306883922" border="1" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1er_enyBYI/AAAAAAAAALc/ivrWix48048/s1600-h/river_braided2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1er_enyBYI/AAAAAAAAALc/ivrWix48048/s400/river_braided2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428996982858450306" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1esp51QGEI/AAAAAAAAALk/iZjyEJfCHcI/s1600-h/river_braided3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1esp51QGEI/AAAAAAAAALk/iZjyEJfCHcI/s400/river_braided3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428997711717210178" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Braided_Rivers.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Braided_Rivers.kmz">Open</a><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Braided_Rivers.kmz"> these examples in </a><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Braided_Rivers.kmz">Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">River, Entrenched </span>- A river that is constrained by a canyon, usually formed as the land is tectonically uplifted, for example, in the case of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrenched_river">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EeUbfdrZI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/sPjUO6bTBOk/s1600-h/entrenchedriver.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EeUbfdrZI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/sPjUO6bTBOk/s400/entrenchedriver.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427152362284101010" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1huYAwnuqI/AAAAAAAAANk/dN4Jxg4coMU/s1600-h/entrenchedriver3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1huYAwnuqI/AAAAAAAAANk/dN4Jxg4coMU/s400/entrenchedriver3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429210709594978978" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1huX0v2Z4I/AAAAAAAAANc/tIETPEMGXX0/s1600-h/entrenchedriver2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1huX0v2Z4I/AAAAAAAAANc/tIETPEMGXX0/s400/entrenchedriver2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429210706370520962" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Entrenched_River.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Entrenched_River.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">River, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Single-Channel </span> - Also known as a "Sinuous" or "Meandering" river, the Single Channel River is only one of many different <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_types">types of rivers</a>. A sinuous river bends and meanders but usually flows in just one channel. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meander">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1eyCAmvQWI/AAAAAAAAAL8/2A-fTYrIFV4/s1600-h/river_single_channel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1eyCAmvQWI/AAAAAAAAAL8/2A-fTYrIFV4/s400/river_single_channel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429003623410385250" border="1" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1eyBzn9JNI/AAAAAAAAAL0/KI_TMY0WzbE/s1600-h/river_single_channel3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1eyBzn9JNI/AAAAAAAAAL0/KI_TMY0WzbE/s400/river_single_channel3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429003619925828818" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1eyBr4jkGI/AAAAAAAAALs/__yj2VDkNg0/s1600-h/river_single_channel2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1eyBr4jkGI/AAAAAAAAALs/__yj2VDkNg0/s400/river_single_channel2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429003617847971938" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Single_Channel_Rivers.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Single_Channel_Rivers.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="S" id="S"></a></span></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-55720576271975836712010-03-17T11:16:00.005-07:002010-03-17T11:32:52.975-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - Q<a name="Q" id="Q"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span></a><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="Q" id="Q"></a>{Q}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Quarry </span>- An open pit mine, usually for rock, gravel, or cement. Unlike mineral mines, quarries tend to be gray- or tan-colored. Bright reds, blues, greens, or variations in colors point to mineral deposits -- usually not to cement. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarry">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y2Oa_R6-I/AAAAAAAAAVM/vO4UhirabBY/s1600-h/quarry2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y2Oa_R6-I/AAAAAAAAAVM/vO4UhirabBY/s400/quarry2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430415609581136866" border="1" /></a></td> <td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y2NxFdB5I/AAAAAAAAAVE/g411scEZe5E/s1600-h/quarry4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y2NxFdB5I/AAAAAAAAAVE/g411scEZe5E/s400/quarry4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430415598332741522" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y2OUytRGI/AAAAAAAAAVU/GqWmhDK_7jM/s1600-h/quarry.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y2OUytRGI/AAAAAAAAAVU/GqWmhDK_7jM/s400/quarry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430415607917790306" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Quarries.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Quarries.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-14728980062969937672010-03-17T11:16:00.003-07:002010-03-17T11:32:42.375-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - P<a name="P" id="P"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span></a><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="P" id="P"></a>{P}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Parabolic </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dunes </span>- <span style="font-style: italic;">See </span>"Dunes, Parabolic"<br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Plateau, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Dissected </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- A landscape that has been severely eroded, producing sharp relief and topography. Some portions of the Appalachian Plateau are dissected {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissected_plateau">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="710"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S24AIKdKdUI/AAAAAAAAAgE/qLuSbbX7KSE/s1600-h/dissected+plateau.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S24AIKdKdUI/AAAAAAAAAgE/qLuSbbX7KSE/s400/dissected+plateau.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435281940528395586" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Playa </span>- An ephemeral lake bed, usually in a desert. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_lake">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EemcBiIXI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/dCQOzt_PHJQ/s1600-h/playa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EemcBiIXI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/dCQOzt_PHJQ/s400/playa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427152671664644466" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jSQ4PK0NI/AAAAAAAAAPU/yn_-lXvresk/s1600-h/playa2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jSQ4PK0NI/AAAAAAAAAPU/yn_-lXvresk/s400/playa2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429320538210881746" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jSRA_KkjI/AAAAAAAAAPc/WpjPLGKDvPw/s1600-h/playa3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jSRA_KkjI/AAAAAAAAAPc/WpjPLGKDvPw/s400/playa3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429320540559675954" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Playas.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Playas.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Point-Bar </span>- Pointbars are piles of sand and sediment that accumulate on the sides of river meanders, where the water slows down as it rounds the curve. Cutbanks are the outer banks of meanders, where the water speeds up and erodes down the side. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_bar">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zZYyauLKI/AAAAAAAAAXc/hAaFNaSXHdY/s1600-h/pointbar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zZYyauLKI/AAAAAAAAAXc/hAaFNaSXHdY/s400/pointbar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430454270575914146" border="1" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2svWFdL0cI/AAAAAAAAAdM/eIFKo5QRpuc/s1600-h/point_bar_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2svWFdL0cI/AAAAAAAAAdM/eIFKo5QRpuc/s400/point_bar_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434489431820849602" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27pwWeO_rI/AAAAAAAAAg8/vEYfodGCt18/s1600-h/pointbar3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27pwWeO_rI/AAAAAAAAAg8/vEYfodGCt18/s400/pointbar3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435538817158151858" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Pointbar_and_Cutbank.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Pointbar_and_Cutbank.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Power Lines</span>- A long, straight swath cut across mountains and forests usually marks giant power lines and towers. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxbow_lake">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S04HbOQUWqI/AAAAAAAAAI8/5SSmDuS2Gog/s1600-h/power_lines_through_a_forest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S04HbOQUWqI/AAAAAAAAAI8/5SSmDuS2Gog/s400/power_lines_through_a_forest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426282765292427938" border="1" /></a></td> <td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3w27WUaNJI/AAAAAAAAAr8/Xbnu296QYKA/s1600-h/powerlines.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3w27WUaNJI/AAAAAAAAAr8/Xbnu296QYKA/s400/powerlines.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439282843188081810" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3w27PSrZ3I/AAAAAAAAAr0/-KRmZ3ugzxc/s1600-h/powerlines2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3w27PSrZ3I/AAAAAAAAAr0/-KRmZ3ugzxc/s400/powerlines2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439282841301772146" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Power_Lines.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Power_Lines.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Power Plant</span>, <span style="font-size:130%;">Coal </span> - Readily identified by their tall cooling towers and flue gas stacks, also by their proximity to water. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_power_plant#Diagram">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zL7PkWBAI/AAAAAAAAAXM/Drc_OlUwy9o/s1600-h/coalpowerplant.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zL7PkWBAI/AAAAAAAAAXM/Drc_OlUwy9o/s400/coalpowerplant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430439469353665538" border="1" /></a></td> <td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zL6_qjsyI/AAAAAAAAAXE/GIs6w4eIzgk/s1600-h/coalpowerplant3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zL6_qjsyI/AAAAAAAAAXE/GIs6w4eIzgk/s400/coalpowerplant3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430439465084760866" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zL6vJ__3I/AAAAAAAAAW8/UzSJULih7mo/s1600-h/coalpowerplant2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zL6vJ__3I/AAAAAAAAAW8/UzSJULih7mo/s400/coalpowerplant2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430439460653236082" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Single_Channel_Rivers.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Open these examples in Google Earth, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-20364057075283601192010-03-17T11:16:00.001-07:002010-03-17T11:32:31.719-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - O<span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">{O}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Oil Fields</span> - Large oil fields are easy to spot from a plane. They tend to have dense networks of dirt roads connecting small dirt patches, where the pumps are pumping. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxbow_lake"><br /></a></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1yChg2KahI/AAAAAAAAAUk/GtfTtnMIXI4/s1600-h/oilfields.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1yChg2KahI/AAAAAAAAAUk/GtfTtnMIXI4/s400/oilfields.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430358762966379026" border="1" /></a></td> <td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1yChHaLCCI/AAAAAAAAAUc/ySEMGk4NFqM/s1600-h/oilfields23.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1yChHaLCCI/AAAAAAAAAUc/ySEMGk4NFqM/s400/oilfields23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430358756138092578" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1yCgzzBULI/AAAAAAAAAUU/d8t1Ru7T3m4/s1600-h/oilfields2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1yCgzzBULI/AAAAAAAAAUU/d8t1Ru7T3m4/s400/oilfields2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430358750873604274" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Single_Channel_Rivers.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Open these examples in Google Earth, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Oxbow </span>- A U-shaped lake or dry lake, cut off from a meandering river. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxbow_lake">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S0iq7diMZ0I/AAAAAAAAAIM/3IaIwR7XeqA/s1600-h/oxbow_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S0iq7diMZ0I/AAAAAAAAAIM/3IaIwR7XeqA/s400/oxbow_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424773689684813634" border="1" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S0irw0sIvdI/AAAAAAAAAIU/Bkat2dEP2qY/s1600-h/oxbow1_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S0irw0sIvdI/AAAAAAAAAIU/Bkat2dEP2qY/s400/oxbow1_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424774606433598930" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S0izjH8LbbI/AAAAAAAAAIc/PHnDZ4UY8hY/s1600-h/oxbow2_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S0izjH8LbbI/AAAAAAAAAIc/PHnDZ4UY8hY/s400/oxbow2_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424783167176011186" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Oxbows.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Oxbows.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-85650368625473288692010-03-17T11:15:00.006-07:002010-03-17T12:48:20.971-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - N<span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">{N}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /><br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Nunatak </span>- A mountain rising above an ice sheet. You won't see these in the Lower 48. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunatak">read more</a>}<br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6ExwFmZthI/AAAAAAAAAxs/KNNFA-DU4Ks/s1600-h/nunatak3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6ExwFmZthI/AAAAAAAAAxs/KNNFA-DU4Ks/s400/nunatak3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449691726301738514" border="1" /></a></td> <td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6ExvuxvfJI/AAAAAAAAAxk/K-KL0WNG8vk/s1600-h/nunatak2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6ExvuxvfJI/AAAAAAAAAxk/K-KL0WNG8vk/s400/nunatak2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449691720175287442" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6ExvbWl3eI/AAAAAAAAAxc/ZifM65pfp6U/s1600-h/nunatak1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6ExvbWl3eI/AAAAAAAAAxc/ZifM65pfp6U/s400/nunatak1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449691714961137122" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Nunataks.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Nunataks.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /><br /> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="O" id="O"></a></span></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-48218776900883708192010-03-17T11:15:00.005-07:002010-03-17T11:32:09.931-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - M<span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">{M}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Meander </span>- A bend in a river, created as the river erodes the outer banks and deposits sediment on the inner banks. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meander">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1heTzQ8W_I/AAAAAAAAANE/VXdLvLFRdhI/s1600-h/meanders.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1heTzQ8W_I/AAAAAAAAANE/VXdLvLFRdhI/s400/meanders.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429193045066931186" border="1" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1heTwEolXI/AAAAAAAAAM8/__LSWdgowcw/s1600-h/meanders3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1heTwEolXI/AAAAAAAAAM8/__LSWdgowcw/s400/meanders3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429193044209997170" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1heTlP1c1I/AAAAAAAAAM0/FIhM8fNW_8k/s1600-h/meanders2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1heTlP1c1I/AAAAAAAAAM0/FIhM8fNW_8k/s400/meanders2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429193041304187730" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s1600-h/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Open these examples in Google Earth, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Meander, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Abandoned </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- A meander that has been cut off from the main flow of the river, similar to an oxbow. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meander#Abandoned_meander">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1hw7rM3rqI/AAAAAAAAAN0/fi-VM8XH5lA/s1600-h/abandonedmeander3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1hw7rM3rqI/AAAAAAAAAN0/fi-VM8XH5lA/s400/abandonedmeander3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429213521306431138" border="1" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1hw8F36pwI/AAAAAAAAAN8/Pngzo3qn3_8/s1600-h/abandonedmeander.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1hw8F36pwI/AAAAAAAAAN8/Pngzo3qn3_8/s400/abandonedmeander.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429213528466302722" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1hw7QSZkiI/AAAAAAAAANs/0qp7NM4qDYk/s1600-h/abandonedmeander2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1hw7QSZkiI/AAAAAAAAANs/0qp7NM4qDYk/s400/abandonedmeander2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429213514081866274" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across. (Except for right-hand image, which is 5 miles across)<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Abandoned_Meander.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Abandoned_Meander.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Mesa </span>- A flat-topped mountain with steep sides, usually larger than a butte, usually found in a desert. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1nqafPNuVI/AAAAAAAAARs/ikxPiZ5GhHQ/s1600-h/mesa1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1nqafPNuVI/AAAAAAAAARs/ikxPiZ5GhHQ/s400/mesa1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429628566554655058" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S280llsCBDI/AAAAAAAAAjU/MTkzPgOGRIA/s1600-h/mesa2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S280llsCBDI/AAAAAAAAAjU/MTkzPgOGRIA/s400/mesa2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435621095636075570" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S280lwwA6PI/AAAAAAAAAjc/h9jMaX3c3b0/s1600-h/mesa3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S280lwwA6PI/AAAAAAAAAjc/h9jMaX3c3b0/s400/mesa3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435621098605570290" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Mesas.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="1" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Mesas.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Mine, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Mountain-Top Removal </span> - These are usually coal mines in the Appalachians. Just like the name says, to get at the coal, the mine operators remove the top of a mountain, following the coal seam. They're easy to spot from a plane flying over, say, West Virginia or Kentucky. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal_mining">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y7UR0USCI/AAAAAAAAAVs/bVuv8aL36cQ/s1600-h/mtr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y7UR0USCI/AAAAAAAAAVs/bVuv8aL36cQ/s400/mtr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430421207756589090" border="1" /></a></td> <td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y7T7lifpI/AAAAAAAAAVc/DZMleeMgH0A/s1600-h/mtr2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y7T7lifpI/AAAAAAAAAVc/DZMleeMgH0A/s400/mtr2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430421201789025938" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y7UA3Gu0I/AAAAAAAAAVk/q5KC-uQnTmY/s1600-h/mtr3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y7UA3Gu0I/AAAAAAAAAVk/q5KC-uQnTmY/s400/mtr3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430421203204881218" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Mountaintop_Removal.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Mountaintop_Removal.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Mines, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Open Pit </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> - Coal </span>- Just as the name implies, an open pit mine is a large, open pit. Coal open pit mines often have an unsurprisingly coal-gray color. These are especially common in Wyoming. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_pit_mine">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y8uvD9OEI/AAAAAAAAAWE/eSTlHEaSHzU/s1600-h/coal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y8uvD9OEI/AAAAAAAAAWE/eSTlHEaSHzU/s400/coal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430422761795041346" border="1" /></a></td> <td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y8t81BD0I/AAAAAAAAAV0/R98aOziBm18/s1600-h/coal2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y8t81BD0I/AAAAAAAAAV0/R98aOziBm18/s400/coal2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430422748310605634" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y8ufN_MdI/AAAAAAAAAV8/rV3ltMnEdHg/s1600-h/coal3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y8ufN_MdI/AAAAAAAAAV8/rV3ltMnEdHg/s400/coal3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430422757542146514" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Open_Pit_Mines_Coal.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Open_Pit_Mines_Coal.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Mines, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Open Pit </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> - Copper</span> - Copper open pit mines often (though not always) are associated with beautiful colors . The major copper ores include chalcopyrite (golden), cuprite (red), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachite">malachite </a>(bright green), and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bornite">bornite </a>(which can be red, copper-colored, blue, or green, and is iridescent), all of which are usually found with other brightly-colored copper minerals {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-pit_mining">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y_SsoxYvI/AAAAAAAAAWc/N6rl2JiLXyo/s1600-h/copper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y_SsoxYvI/AAAAAAAAAWc/N6rl2JiLXyo/s400/copper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430425578642694898" border="1" /></a></td> <td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y_SY5cvFI/AAAAAAAAAWU/gLlm5ljjohU/s1600-h/copper3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y_SY5cvFI/AAAAAAAAAWU/gLlm5ljjohU/s400/copper3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430425573343935570" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y_SN6MRQI/AAAAAAAAAWM/iGHFnqfNMOo/s1600-h/copper2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1y_SN6MRQI/AAAAAAAAAWM/iGHFnqfNMOo/s400/copper2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430425570394260738" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Open_Pit_Mines_Copper.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Open_Pit_Mines_Copper.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Mine - </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Open Pit , </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Iron </span>- If the primary ore is an iron oxide, an open pit iron mine usually has a mixture of rust-red and dark gray. If the primary ore is an iron sulfide, the colors can be more vibrant and varied {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-pit_mining">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zBPziH7TI/AAAAAAAAAWk/P4AiUP6i2C4/s1600-h/iron2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zBPziH7TI/AAAAAAAAAWk/P4AiUP6i2C4/s400/iron2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430427727977508146" border="1" /></a></td> <td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zBQJL7QYI/AAAAAAAAAWs/VFeil08v8Ik/s1600-h/iron3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zBQJL7QYI/AAAAAAAAAWs/VFeil08v8Ik/s400/iron3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430427733789983106" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zBQhcYXGI/AAAAAAAAAW0/IAzhmW0X7Gc/s1600-h/iron.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zBQhcYXGI/AAAAAAAAAW0/IAzhmW0X7Gc/s400/iron.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430427740301450338" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Open_Pit_Mines_Iron.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Open_Pit_Mines_Iron.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Monadnock / Inselberg</span>- An isolated mountain that rises abruptly from otherwise level ground. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monadnock">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="“204""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BGX-m7lII/AAAAAAAAAvs/J3vFiasahYM/s1600-h/monadnock_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BGX-m7lII/AAAAAAAAAvs/J3vFiasahYM/s400/monadnock_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449432926875522178" border="1" /></a></td><td width="“204""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BGXsOW1lI/AAAAAAAAAvk/ojTG4V5xwqo/s1600-h/monadnock_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BGXsOW1lI/AAAAAAAAAvk/ojTG4V5xwqo/s400/monadnock_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449432921940612690" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BGYH9D3bI/AAAAAAAAAv0/Mu2v2Tvd0A4/s1600-h/monadnock_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BGYH9D3bI/AAAAAAAAAv0/Mu2v2Tvd0A4/s400/monadnock_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449432929384258994" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Monadnocks.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="1" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Monadnocks.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Moraine </span>- A pile of glacial debris (sand, gravel, etc.) that is left behind as the glacier retreats. They tend to be long, sinuous mounds of sand. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moraine">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y5bNp6l7I/AAAAAAAAAeU/u2YP8H-3YRA/s1600-h/moraine.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y5bNp6l7I/AAAAAAAAAeU/u2YP8H-3YRA/s400/moraine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434922727502419890" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3ncTotteKI/AAAAAAAAAlc/ka2bzkzlq8Q/s1600-h/moraine2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3ncTotteKI/AAAAAAAAAlc/ka2bzkzlq8Q/s400/moraine2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438620254931351714" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3nciY2ez3I/AAAAAAAAAl0/Y3-wWwn1n-k/s1600-h/moraine4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3nciY2ez3I/AAAAAAAAAl0/Y3-wWwn1n-k/s400/moraine4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438620508371210098" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Moraines.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Moraines.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="N" id="N"></a></span></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-61468354977678398812010-03-17T11:15:00.003-07:002010-03-17T11:31:58.986-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - L<span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">{L}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Lake, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Crater </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- A lake in the caldera of a volcano. It's unusual to fly over these types of lakes, unless you're in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crater_lake">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jYovkSJNI/AAAAAAAAAP0/lJLZA_Z-v3Y/s1600-h/craterlake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jYovkSJNI/AAAAAAAAAP0/lJLZA_Z-v3Y/s400/craterlake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429327545270150354" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jYotbGAXI/AAAAAAAAAPs/RvQyVziDRN8/s1600-h/craterlake3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jYotbGAXI/AAAAAAAAAPs/RvQyVziDRN8/s400/craterlake3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429327544694735218" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jYoSuAq5I/AAAAAAAAAPk/nud--3ytVB4/s1600-h/craterlake2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jYoSuAq5I/AAAAAAAAAPk/nud--3ytVB4/s400/craterlake2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429327537526320018" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Crater_Lakes.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Crater_Lakes.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Lake, Salt/Alkaline </span>- A lake with a high concentration of salt. You can usually identify them by the rings of white salts along their edges. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_lake_%28geography%29">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S28J_MdxpKI/AAAAAAAAAik/DabOVpKtskI/s1600-h/sodalake3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S28J_MdxpKI/AAAAAAAAAik/DabOVpKtskI/s400/sodalake3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435574256542000290" border="" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S28J_YOcMYI/AAAAAAAAAis/Srt3Yz8GQZs/s1600-h/sodalake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S28J_YOcMYI/AAAAAAAAAis/Srt3Yz8GQZs/s400/sodalake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435574259698905474" border="" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S28J-88IY3I/AAAAAAAAAic/JngyCPiRRos/s1600-h/sodalake2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S28J-88IY3I/AAAAAAAAAic/JngyCPiRRos/s400/sodalake2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435574252374352754" border="" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude higher than 35,000 feet, and so are each ~3 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Soda_Lake.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Soda_Lake.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Lava Dome </span>- A small, budging dome of slowly-oozing lava, usually found near active volcanic zones, like the Cascades. From above, they look like raised pimples on the landscape. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_dome">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y8LLkWO2I/AAAAAAAAAfE/xM2Oh5KEb8Y/s1600-h/lavadomes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y8LLkWO2I/AAAAAAAAAfE/xM2Oh5KEb8Y/s400/lavadomes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434925750599170914" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y8Kmgd-PI/AAAAAAAAAe8/mXbVqTAcqgI/s1600-h/lavadomes3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y8Kmgd-PI/AAAAAAAAAe8/mXbVqTAcqgI/s400/lavadomes3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434925740650789106" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y8Kb9FEiI/AAAAAAAAAe0/8hf1aA_5vJc/s1600-h/lavadomes2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y8Kb9FEiI/AAAAAAAAAe0/8hf1aA_5vJc/s400/lavadomes2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434925737818001954" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Lava_Domes.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Lava_Domes.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Lava Flow </span>- An outflow of molten rock, usually from a volcano. The most fluid lava flows are basalt, which are dark black and easy to spot from above {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_flow">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BL8ekI00I/AAAAAAAAAwk/95o3H5byVOk/s1600-h/lavaflow3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BL8ekI00I/AAAAAAAAAwk/95o3H5byVOk/s400/lavaflow3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449439051487171394" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BL73-0UzI/AAAAAAAAAwc/iOil6xL444o/s1600-h/lavaflow2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BL73-0UzI/AAAAAAAAAwc/iOil6xL444o/s400/lavaflow2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449439041130091314" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BL7oOF9mI/AAAAAAAAAwU/ENXAs_02bu4/s1600-h/lavaflow1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BL7oOF9mI/AAAAAAAAAwU/ENXAs_02bu4/s400/lavaflow1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449439036899194466" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Lava_Flows.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Lava_Flows.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Levee,</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> Manmade </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- A wall or slope built next to a river to regulate water levels. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levee">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1hemSUI-tI/AAAAAAAAANM/6ag7XhPHfeM/s1600-h/levee.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1hemSUI-tI/AAAAAAAAANM/6ag7XhPHfeM/s400/levee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429193362639485650" border="1" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1hfTOWvDdI/AAAAAAAAANU/akH-aw7rjWo/s1600-h/levee2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1hfTOWvDdI/AAAAAAAAANU/akH-aw7rjWo/s400/levee2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429194134670740946" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27m21PHDfI/AAAAAAAAAg0/pZliYW6ux4k/s1600-h/levee3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27m21PHDfI/AAAAAAAAAg0/pZliYW6ux4k/s400/levee3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435535629960547826" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Manmade_Levee.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Manmade_Levee.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <span style="font-weight: bold;">Longitudinal </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dunes </span>- <span style="font-style: italic;">See </span>"Dunes, Longitudinal"<br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="M" id="M"></a></span></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-27013806841992158162010-03-17T11:15:00.001-07:002010-03-17T11:31:47.632-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - K<a name="K" id="K"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span></a><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="K" id="K"></a>{K}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Kettle Hole </span>- A lake formed from a retreating glacier. These are typically found in the northern areas of the U.S.: Minnesota, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, etc. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettle_%28landform%29">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jRAnGVWUI/AAAAAAAAAPM/i1VpayIdFQs/s1600-h/kettelholes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jRAnGVWUI/AAAAAAAAAPM/i1VpayIdFQs/s400/kettelholes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429319159220885826" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jRAUGHzpI/AAAAAAAAAPE/-GhB-MY8wl0/s1600-h/kettelholes3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jRAUGHzpI/AAAAAAAAAPE/-GhB-MY8wl0/s400/kettelholes3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429319154119724690" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jRABqETxI/AAAAAAAAAO8/BAYtVQ2Q92c/s1600-h/kettelholes2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jRABqETxI/AAAAAAAAAO8/BAYtVQ2Q92c/s400/kettelholes2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429319149170216722" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Kettle_Holes.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Kettle_Holes.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="L" id="L"></a></span></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-43547585442672688092010-03-17T11:14:00.004-07:002010-03-17T11:31:37.128-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - J<span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">{J}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 630px; height: 289px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Joints </span>- Joints (fractures) in granite can often form steep-sided gashes that look (from above) like mini-canyons. Granite joints are easily identified, since they tend to be irregularly spaced and occur across bare rock faces. They are easily seen when flying over the Sierra Nevadas of California or Nevada. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_%28geology%29">read more</a>}.<br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XIVE3L0aI/AAAAAAAAAY8/pSUVaH4dLN4/s1600-h/joints_granite2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XIVE3L0aI/AAAAAAAAAY8/pSUVaH4dLN4/s400/joints_granite2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432968789900382626" border="1" /></a></td> <td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XIVllelOI/AAAAAAAAAZM/aBF0qrc0uRo/s1600-h/joints_granite.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XIVllelOI/AAAAAAAAAZM/aBF0qrc0uRo/s400/joints_granite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432968798684484834" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XIVShMibI/AAAAAAAAAZE/VAAhCGYAc6g/s1600-h/joints_granite3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XIVShMibI/AAAAAAAAAZE/VAAhCGYAc6g/s400/joints_granite3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432968793566251442" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Granite.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Granite.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-19003580363284350842010-03-17T11:14:00.003-07:002010-03-25T13:02:09.116-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - I<a name="I" id="I"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span></a><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="I" id="I"></a>{I}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Impact Craters </span>- These giant round holes in the ground form when a rock from space flies through the atmosphere and hits Earth. They are very rare, and craters pristine enough to be seen from a plane are even more rare -- unless you're flying over Arizona, you're probably not seeing one. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_crater">read more</a>}<br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="“204""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pS5XHkx4I/AAAAAAAAASU/Rmb3YEXZUKQ/s1600-h/crater.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pS5XHkx4I/AAAAAAAAASU/Rmb3YEXZUKQ/s400/crater.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429743446160361346" border="1" /></a></td> <td width="“204""><br /></td><td><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Image taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so is ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Meteor_Crater.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="“1"" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Meteor_Crater.kmz">Open example in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Inselberg</span>/ <span style="font-size:130%;">Monadnock </span>- An isolated mountain that rises abruptly from otherwise level ground. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monadnock">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="“204""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BGX-m7lII/AAAAAAAAAvs/J3vFiasahYM/s1600-h/monadnock_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BGX-m7lII/AAAAAAAAAvs/J3vFiasahYM/s400/monadnock_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449432926875522178" border="1" /></a></td><td width="“204""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BGXsOW1lI/AAAAAAAAAvk/ojTG4V5xwqo/s1600-h/monadnock_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BGXsOW1lI/AAAAAAAAAvk/ojTG4V5xwqo/s400/monadnock_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449432921940612690" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BGYH9D3bI/AAAAAAAAAv0/Mu2v2Tvd0A4/s1600-h/monadnock_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BGYH9D3bI/AAAAAAAAAv0/Mu2v2Tvd0A4/s400/monadnock_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449432929384258994" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Monadnocks.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="1" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Monadnocks.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Intrusion, Igneous</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- An igneous rock that, while still molten, bubbled up into or was forced through another rock. There are several types: dikes, sills, batholiths, laccoliths, stocks, plugs, necks, etc. They are often most easily spotted from above by their odd geometric shapes and (often) dark colors {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusion">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="“204""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6EjN6DVODI/AAAAAAAAAxM/oINlWydutw0/s1600-h/intrusion2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6EjN6DVODI/AAAAAAAAAxM/oINlWydutw0/s400/intrusion2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449675745923512370" border="1" /></a></td><td width="“204""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6EjNgCTnzI/AAAAAAAAAxE/nXTaQwNjh5k/s1600-h/intrusion1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6EjNgCTnzI/AAAAAAAAAxE/nXTaQwNjh5k/s400/intrusion1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449675738939891506" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6EjOFWT7lI/AAAAAAAAAxU/R5bwCW8nR7g/s1600-h/intrusion3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6EjOFWT7lI/AAAAAAAAAxU/R5bwCW8nR7g/s400/intrusion3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449675748955909714" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/intrusions.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="1" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/intrusions.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><br /><table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Irrigation </span>- Water can be delivered to crops in a variety of ways: with a central pivot, in furrows, or in flat flood plains {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation">read more</a>}</td></tr><tr><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6kAGOtRIsI/AAAAAAAAAz4/5GYzfojZR5s/s1600-h/level_basin_irrigation_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6kAGOtRIsI/AAAAAAAAAz4/5GYzfojZR5s/s400/level_basin_irrigation_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451888930935874242" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6j8d8fJsXI/AAAAAAAAAzg/pAGORRMg4ig/s1600-h/center_pivot_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6j8d8fJsXI/AAAAAAAAAzg/pAGORRMg4ig/s400/center_pivot_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451884940315177330" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6kHq99xdWI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/LcMFoOWuXZM/s1600-h/furrow_irrigation_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6kHq99xdWI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/LcMFoOWuXZM/s400/furrow_irrigation_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451897258678252898" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Center_Pivot_Farming.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Center_Pivot_Farming.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="J" id="J"></a></span></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-5078091574062755802010-03-17T11:14:00.001-07:002010-03-17T11:31:09.214-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - H<span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">{H}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hogbacks </span>- Steeply tilting rock layers which stick up out of the ground like spine vertebrae. Sometimes they can form triangle-shaped wedges that lay against the sides of mountains. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogback_%28geology%29">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="“204""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BPhebhQnI/AAAAAAAAAw0/v5TiHr9jg0g/s1600-h/hogback3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BPhebhQnI/AAAAAAAAAw0/v5TiHr9jg0g/s400/hogback3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449442985641067122" border="1"" /></a></td><td width="“204""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BPhmEk-jI/AAAAAAAAAw8/-mRLcv_vjdY/s1600-h/hogback.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BPhmEk-jI/AAAAAAAAAw8/-mRLcv_vjdY/s400/hogback.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449442987692325426" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BPg0I0dHI/AAAAAAAAAws/Yh8jdXrwKcI/s1600-h/hogback2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BPg0I0dHI/AAAAAAAAAws/Yh8jdXrwKcI/s400/hogback2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449442974288344178" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Hogbacks.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="1" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Hogbacks.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" size="1"><br /><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-40466602894373628472010-03-17T11:13:00.004-07:002010-03-17T11:30:56.634-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - G<a name="G" id="G"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span></a><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="G" id="G"></a><a name="G" id="G"></a>{G}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Glacier</span> - U.S. glaciers are usually only seen in Montana or Alaska. The ones shown below are Montana glaciers. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EgEiLcUuI/AAAAAAAAAKU/0wQvKYdjzZ8/s1600-h/glacier.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EgEiLcUuI/AAAAAAAAAKU/0wQvKYdjzZ8/s400/glacier.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427154288224522978" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EgZQM8K1I/AAAAAAAAAKc/eD60PQGCauo/s1600-h/glacier2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EgZQM8K1I/AAAAAAAAAKc/eD60PQGCauo/s400/glacier2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427154644176218962" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EgoldRgTI/AAAAAAAAAKk/16e83ksV1Ig/s1600-h/glacier3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EgoldRgTI/AAAAAAAAAKk/16e83ksV1Ig/s400/glacier3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427154907579908402" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Glaciers.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Glaciers.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="H" id="H"></a></span></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-81128605300037087202010-03-17T11:13:00.003-07:002010-03-17T11:30:43.879-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - F<span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">{F}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fault-Controlled Valleys</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;">See </span>"Valleys, Fault-Controlled"<br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Flood Plain </span>- Flat land on either side of a river, often submerged during times when the river runs high and overflows its banks. In some places, floodplains are farmed. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodplain">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1h803hwIGI/AAAAAAAAAO0/zh71J40hnA0/s1600-h/floodplain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1h803hwIGI/AAAAAAAAAO0/zh71J40hnA0/s400/floodplain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429226598495690850" border="1" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1h80TDfabI/AAAAAAAAAOs/Njdo-3_A8hU/s1600-h/floodplain3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1h80TDfabI/AAAAAAAAAOs/Njdo-3_A8hU/s400/floodplain3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429226588705089970" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1h80Zgl0oI/AAAAAAAAAOk/ZKjnNoXjElk/s1600-h/floodplain2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1h80Zgl0oI/AAAAAAAAAOk/ZKjnNoXjElk/s400/floodplain2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429226590437757570" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Floodplains.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Floodplains.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Fold Limb </span>- Fold limbs can look like ridges: long, linear mountains with crests at the top. Ridges can be due to a variety of geologic landforms, but, in highly folded areas of the country - like the Appalachians - they are frequently fold limbs. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fold_%28geology%29">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2ITuZJ-FPI/AAAAAAAAAXk/aY0qaejUtG8/s1600-h/ridge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2ITuZJ-FPI/AAAAAAAAAXk/aY0qaejUtG8/s400/ridge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431925788309853426" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3dKKsGzFwI/AAAAAAAAAkU/kIVPI2vNqAI/s1600-h/fold_limb3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3dKKsGzFwI/AAAAAAAAAkU/kIVPI2vNqAI/s400/fold_limb3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437896622571984642" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3dKKf7dWsI/AAAAAAAAAkM/ThVOHgpbirE/s1600-h/fold_limb2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3dKKf7dWsI/AAAAAAAAAkM/ThVOHgpbirE/s400/fold_limb2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437896619303197378" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Limbs.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="1" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Limbs.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-13924762759095395042010-03-17T11:13:00.001-07:002010-03-17T11:30:32.626-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - E<a name="E" id="E"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span></a><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="E" id="E"></a>{E}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Entrenched River</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;">See </span>"River, Entrenched"<br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Erg </span>- A sand sea. The only active ergs in the U.S. are the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuma_Desert">Yuma Desert</a> of Arizona, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algodones_Dunes">Algodones </a>of southeast California, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sand_Dunes_National_Park_and_Preserve">Great Sand Dunes</a> of Colorado, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sands_National_Monument">White Sands</a> of New Mexico, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_Sand_Hills">Nebraska Sand Hills</a> {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_%28landform%29">read more</a>}. [Note: Ergs are huge, so instead of a nadir-facing view at 35,000 feet, this image of the Great Sand Dunes of Colorado is a south-facing perspective at 35,000 feet.]<br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2d_oulGgWI/AAAAAAAAAbs/MYpSQuORvcQ/s1600-h/erg_perspective.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2d_oulGgWI/AAAAAAAAAbs/MYpSQuORvcQ/s400/erg_perspective.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433451813120934242" border="1" /></a></td> <td width=""><br /></td><td><br /></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Erg.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Erg.kmz">Open this example in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Esker </span>- A long, sinuous ridge of sand, presumably formed as sandy streams cutting down, through, or underneath glaciers. When the glacier retreats, the pile of stream sediment is left behind. You can spot them as long, sinuous ridges in the northern, formerly glaciated parts of the country {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esker">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y2ouZaabI/AAAAAAAAAd8/f7BQKTu1hp0/s1600-h/esker2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y2ouZaabI/AAAAAAAAAd8/f7BQKTu1hp0/s400/esker2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434919661094988210" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y2o0u-83I/AAAAAAAAAeE/Jm1PcoA7_3Q/s1600-h/esker.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y2o0u-83I/AAAAAAAAAeE/Jm1PcoA7_3Q/s400/esker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434919662796075890" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3nSI0FJGnI/AAAAAAAAAlU/v7QOHVnivFY/s1600-h/esker3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3nSI0FJGnI/AAAAAAAAAlU/v7QOHVnivFY/s400/esker3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438609073887582834" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Eskers.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Eskers.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Estuary </span>- A transition zone between a river and an ocean, usually partially enclosed but open to the sea. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estuary">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pWaIfFh_I/AAAAAAAAASk/ttaxzIhutpA/s1600-h/estuary2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pWaIfFh_I/AAAAAAAAASk/ttaxzIhutpA/s400/estuary2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429747307703011314" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pWalroagI/AAAAAAAAAS8/t1jpMbBLJUo/s1600-h/estuary.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pWalroagI/AAAAAAAAAS8/t1jpMbBLJUo/s400/estuary.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429747315540257282" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pWaXxhMLI/AAAAAAAAAS0/4o5BdkG49Zk/s1600-h/estuary4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1pWaXxhMLI/AAAAAAAAAS0/4o5BdkG49Zk/s400/estuary4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429747311806853298" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s1600-h/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Open these examples in Google Earth, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="F" id="F"></a></span></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-44867549690640335212010-03-17T11:12:00.000-07:002010-03-17T11:30:22.839-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - D<a name="D" id="D"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span></a><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="D" id="D"></a>{D}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dams</span> - Big dams are easily identifiable from overhead because of the giant pool of water behind them and the tiny little stream of water coming out the front. There are a lot of large dams in the U.S. that can be readily seen from flight {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3xC-1SG8EI/AAAAAAAAAsk/6AC_L832Ezw/s1600-h/dam3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3xC-1SG8EI/AAAAAAAAAsk/6AC_L832Ezw/s400/dam3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439296097179070530" border="1" /></a></td> <td width="204"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3xC-Ql70lI/AAAAAAAAAsc/fUDEizfd4Qg/s1600-h/dam2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3xC-Ql70lI/AAAAAAAAAsc/fUDEizfd4Qg/s400/dam2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439296087330116178" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3xC91-wM7I/AAAAAAAAAsU/DSGFNG_XhfY/s1600-h/dam1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3xC91-wM7I/AAAAAAAAAsU/DSGFNG_XhfY/s400/dam1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439296080186454962" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Dams.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Dams.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Delta </span>- Where the mouth of the river flows into an ocean. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_delta">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1e4xHyqdOI/AAAAAAAAAMU/_Q3ySyrnfbo/s1600-h/delta.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1e4xHyqdOI/AAAAAAAAAMU/_Q3ySyrnfbo/s400/delta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429011029863068898" border="1" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1e4w6zE-3I/AAAAAAAAAMM/dQJWkNyV3ak/s1600-h/delta3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1e4w6zE-3I/AAAAAAAAAMM/dQJWkNyV3ak/s400/delta3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429011026375146354" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1e4witVG_I/AAAAAAAAAME/FsWDhsFiHbg/s1600-h/delta2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1e4witVG_I/AAAAAAAAAME/FsWDhsFiHbg/s400/delta2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429011019908586482" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across. (Except right-hand image, which is 15 miles across)<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Deltas.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Deltas.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a> <hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Delta Distributaries</span> - Small streams that break off a main river at a delta and flow independently into the ocean, lake, or larger river that the river feeds into. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributary">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width="“204”"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BDgZ5ZWSI/AAAAAAAAAvc/Gw1z5y44T9w/s1600-h/delta_distributary_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BDgZ5ZWSI/AAAAAAAAAvc/Gw1z5y44T9w/s400/delta_distributary_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449429773104797986" border="1" /></a></td><td width="“204”"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BDgL3OUWI/AAAAAAAAAvU/lrhC81BSTkM/s1600-h/delta_distributary_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BDgL3OUWI/AAAAAAAAAvU/lrhC81BSTkM/s400/delta_distributary_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449429769337590114" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BDf2DlpFI/AAAAAAAAAvM/KhWablHpWXE/s1600-h/delta_distributary_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BDf2DlpFI/AAAAAAAAAvM/KhWablHpWXE/s400/delta_distributary_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449429763483870290" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Delta_Distributaries.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Delta_Distributaries.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dike, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Exposed </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- Dikes form when lava cuts up through overlying rock, usually on its way to the surface. As the overlying layers are eroded away, dikes can appear on the surface as long, resistant ridges, often a different color than the surrounding landscape. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dike_%28geology%29">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y_IPQQAYI/AAAAAAAAAfM/FIaq4kwy7OE/s1600-h/dike_swarm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y_IPQQAYI/AAAAAAAAAfM/FIaq4kwy7OE/s400/dike_swarm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434928998583894402" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y_ITEla_I/AAAAAAAAAfU/zCQLG8FUPRA/s1600-h/dike_swarm2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y_ITEla_I/AAAAAAAAAfU/zCQLG8FUPRA/s400/dike_swarm2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434928999608708082" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3ngRd2KfsI/AAAAAAAAAl8/HJ9lh7y5bPU/s1600-h/dike3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3ngRd2KfsI/AAAAAAAAAl8/HJ9lh7y5bPU/s400/dike3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438624615700790978" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Dikes.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Dikes.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dissected Plateau</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;">See </span>"Plateau, Dissected"<br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Drumlin </span>- A long, narrow hill formed by a retreating glacier. Common in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Boston, etc. They are often distinctive, since they can occur as swarms of long, narrow hills, all pointing North (or North-ish). From above, these swarms can look like long striations on the landscape {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drumlin">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y1AzUbOZI/AAAAAAAAAds/9F7g0F58YwU/s1600-h/drumlins.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y1AzUbOZI/AAAAAAAAAds/9F7g0F58YwU/s400/drumlins.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434917875709852050" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y1jfYR7bI/AAAAAAAAAd0/248JKocqfRM/s1600-h/drumlins2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y1jfYR7bI/AAAAAAAAAd0/248JKocqfRM/s400/drumlins2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434918471652732338" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3jOg30ulHI/AAAAAAAAAlM/iYnjzII1P4Q/s1600-h/drumlins3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3jOg30ulHI/AAAAAAAAAlM/iYnjzII1P4Q/s400/drumlins3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438323614186116210" border="" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Drumlins.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Drumlins.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth,</a> </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dunes, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Coastal </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- Dunes form on beaches when waves bring more sand than they take away, winds blow sand inland, and vegetation or another obstacle blocks sand from blowing too far inland. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune#Coastal_dunes">read more</a>}<br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1uCl-JXI9I/AAAAAAAAATs/AwOJDE8XsZw/s1600-h/dunes_coastal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1uCl-JXI9I/AAAAAAAAATs/AwOJDE8XsZw/s400/dunes_coastal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430077364574299090" border="1" /></a></td> <td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1uCloNR5gI/AAAAAAAAATk/IaILzEvMhs0/s1600-h/dunes_coastal3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1uCloNR5gI/AAAAAAAAATk/IaILzEvMhs0/s400/dunes_coastal3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430077358685152770" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1uClSFPVXI/AAAAAAAAATc/tVtSWJOSmMM/s1600-h/dunes_coastal2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1uClSFPVXI/AAAAAAAAATc/tVtSWJOSmMM/s400/dunes_coastal2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430077352745850226" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Coastal_Dunes.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Coastal_Dunes.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dunes, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Crescentic </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> (aka <span style="font-style: italic;">Barchans</span>) </span>- Crescent-shaped sand dunes that form from wind that blows consistently from one direction. The "wings" point in the direction the wind blows. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune#Crescentic">read more</a>}<br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2d-gU0HicI/AAAAAAAAAbk/lGz_Tl6y1-M/s1600-h/barchan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2d-gU0HicI/AAAAAAAAAbk/lGz_Tl6y1-M/s400/barchan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433450569254013378" border="1" /></a></td> <td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3oJs2DflsI/AAAAAAAAAnM/3jghHrtb7rU/s1600-h/barchans3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3oJs2DflsI/AAAAAAAAAnM/3jghHrtb7rU/s400/barchans3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438670166032357058" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3oJsmO1vRI/AAAAAAAAAnE/9qnUhAcT7vc/s1600-h/barchans2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3oJsmO1vRI/AAAAAAAAAnE/9qnUhAcT7vc/s400/barchans2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438670161784978706" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Barchans.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Barchans.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dunes, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Longitudinal </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> (aka <span style="font-style: italic;">Seif </span>Dunes) </span>- Long sand hills that form parallel to wind direction. The opposite is a transverse dune, perpendicular to the wind direction. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune#Longitudinal_.28Seif.29_and_transverse_dunes">read more</a>}<br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2d-MthbLTI/AAAAAAAAAbc/lUJFv7Q53_I/s1600-h/linear_dunes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2d-MthbLTI/AAAAAAAAAbc/lUJFv7Q53_I/s400/linear_dunes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433450232289111346" border="1" /></a></td> <td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3oMqKxIg9I/AAAAAAAAAnc/kb-wbdeSq5E/s1600-h/longitudinal_dunes_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3oMqKxIg9I/AAAAAAAAAnc/kb-wbdeSq5E/s400/longitudinal_dunes_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438673418587767762" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3oMqeWxE5I/AAAAAAAAAnk/nsA3Twtj8g0/s1600-h/longitudinal_dunes_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3oMqeWxE5I/AAAAAAAAAnk/nsA3Twtj8g0/s400/longitudinal_dunes_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438673423845888914" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Longitudinal_Dunes.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Longitudinal_Dunes.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dunes, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Parabolic </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- U-shaped sand dunes, anchored by vegetation. The "wings" point <span style="font-style: italic;">into </span>the wind. (The opposite of barchan dunes). {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune#Parabolic">read more</a>}<br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2d8HspfmZI/AAAAAAAAAbM/01FJahIJioA/s1600-h/parabolic_dunes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2d8HspfmZI/AAAAAAAAAbM/01FJahIJioA/s400/parabolic_dunes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433447947131918738" border="1" /></a></td> <td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2oRH2xpn0I/AAAAAAAAAcs/k8fIO086tBI/s1600-h/dunes_parabolic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2oRH2xpn0I/AAAAAAAAAcs/k8fIO086tBI/s400/dunes_parabolic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434174727036444482" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3oLFhKZfGI/AAAAAAAAAnU/dqmSGIOlRSU/s1600-h/parabolicdunes3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3oLFhKZfGI/AAAAAAAAAnU/dqmSGIOlRSU/s400/parabolicdunes3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438671689432530018" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Parabolic_Dunes.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Parabolic_Dunes.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dunes, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Star </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- Radially-symmetrical sand dunes with multiple "arms". They form in places where the wind can blow from multiple directions. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune#Star">read more</a>}<br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2d92VMGV7I/AAAAAAAAAbU/jf-sGDJ5e-4/s1600-h/star_dunes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2d92VMGV7I/AAAAAAAAAbU/jf-sGDJ5e-4/s400/star_dunes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433449847800092594" border="1" /></a></td> <td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2oE31eELGI/AAAAAAAAAcU/DwthUcne-Oc/s1600-h/dunes_star.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2oE31eELGI/AAAAAAAAAcU/DwthUcne-Oc/s400/dunes_star.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434161257668422754" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2oE3o1evpI/AAAAAAAAAcM/dhMUgckP23c/s1600-h/dunes_star2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2oE3o1evpI/AAAAAAAAAcM/dhMUgckP23c/s400/dunes_star2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434161254276972178" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Star_Dunes.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Star_Dunes.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dunes, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Transverse </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- Long sand hills that form perpendicular to wind direction. The opposite is a longitudinal dune, parallel to the wind direction. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune#Longitudinal_.28Seif.29_and_transverse_dunes">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2oNfemafoI/AAAAAAAAAck/982uwYsdihU/s1600-h/dunes_transverse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2oNfemafoI/AAAAAAAAAck/982uwYsdihU/s400/dunes_transverse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434170734817214082" border="1" /></a></td> <td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2yy3x3kffI/AAAAAAAAAdk/UgXPJTu0V34/s1600-h/dunes_transverse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2yy3x3kffI/AAAAAAAAAdk/UgXPJTu0V34/s400/dunes_transverse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434915521678310898" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3oNY1NMgpI/AAAAAAAAAns/jFc-tsoZjXE/s1600-h/transverse_dunes_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3oNY1NMgpI/AAAAAAAAAns/jFc-tsoZjXE/s400/transverse_dunes_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438674220253741714" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Transverse_Dunes.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Transverse_Dunes.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-36698501417800577742010-03-17T11:11:00.000-07:002010-03-17T11:30:11.556-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - C<span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="C" id="C"></a>{C}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Canyon, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Slot </span> - A deep, very narrow canyon, typically formed in limestone or sandstone and so frequently found in the Southwest {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_canyon">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27wEQfDRkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/0HmCg0SHi8M/s1600-h/slotcanyon3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27wEQfDRkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/0HmCg0SHi8M/s400/slotcanyon3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435545756218115650" border="" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27wDt1zr5I/AAAAAAAAAhE/eLlrUrQIirY/s1600-h/slotcanyon1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27wDt1zr5I/AAAAAAAAAhE/eLlrUrQIirY/s400/slotcanyon1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435545746918322066" border="" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27wEOjgayI/AAAAAAAAAhM/tsUzRkOceDk/s1600-h/slotcanyon2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27wEOjgayI/AAAAAAAAAhM/tsUzRkOceDk/s400/slotcanyon2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435545755699931938" border="" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Slot_Canyons.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Slot_Canyons.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Channel Bar</span> - A deposit of sediment in a channel. Similar to a point bar, but not restricted to the shoreline. Usually an indication that the river carries large amounts of sediment during flood times. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_%28landform%29">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2spDUX162I/AAAAAAAAAc8/efddaHFtuPs/s1600-h/channel_bar3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2spDUX162I/AAAAAAAAAc8/efddaHFtuPs/s400/channel_bar3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434482512337693538" border="1" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2spDhybS1I/AAAAAAAAAdE/8iyZl6JyF6I/s1600-h/channel_bar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2spDhybS1I/AAAAAAAAAdE/8iyZl6JyF6I/s400/channel_bar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434482515938855762" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2spDOQWJII/AAAAAAAAAc0/CwD-m2Hh770/s1600-h/channel_bar2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2spDOQWJII/AAAAAAAAAc0/CwD-m2Hh770/s400/channel_bar2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434482510695638146" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Channel_Bars.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Channel_Bars.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Cinder Cone </span>- A small, steep mountain of volcanic ash and cinder that accumulates around a small volcanic vent. They are common in the Southwest (especially Arizona) and in the Cascades. They're easily identified by their small, conical shape, and the large gaping hole on top. You can often see recent (solidified) lava flows pouring from their tops {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinder_cone">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y7B7E1pfI/AAAAAAAAAes/iJ2hUnu9ABk/s1600-h/cindercone.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y7B7E1pfI/AAAAAAAAAes/iJ2hUnu9ABk/s400/cindercone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434924492041594354" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y7A2p77dI/AAAAAAAAAec/6qCcxCt-iUY/s1600-h/cindercone2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y7A2p77dI/AAAAAAAAAec/6qCcxCt-iUY/s400/cindercone2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434924473675148754" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y7BZuJ50I/AAAAAAAAAek/YsjdI__Yqz0/s1600-h/cindercone3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2y7BZuJ50I/AAAAAAAAAek/YsjdI__Yqz0/s400/cindercone3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434924483088082754" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Cinder_Cones.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Cinder_Cones.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Cirque </span>- A curved mountain face formed by glacial erosion. The cirque on the right is outlined in red to illustrate {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EfLOAeBUI/AAAAAAAAAKE/EvpFflWG5p0/s1600-h/cirque.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EfLOAeBUI/AAAAAAAAAKE/EvpFflWG5p0/s400/cirque.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427153303557244226" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EflvIsAbI/AAAAAAAAAKM/BD2xRAR7JY4/s1600-h/cirque2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EflvIsAbI/AAAAAAAAAKM/BD2xRAR7JY4/s400/cirque2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427153759126684082" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3jJy5FVWbI/AAAAAAAAAk0/mZsfhCfCnhE/s1600-h/cirque_outlined.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3jJy5FVWbI/AAAAAAAAAk0/mZsfhCfCnhE/s400/cirque_outlined.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438318426203707826" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~11 miles, and so are each ~3 miles across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Cirques.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Cirques.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coastal Dunes </span>- <span style="font-style: italic;">See </span>"Dunes, Coastal"<br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Confluence</span>- The merging of two rivers. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confluence">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S0i3DwvYFuI/AAAAAAAAAIk/qNkHQ1ao2uk/s1600-h/confluence_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S0i3DwvYFuI/AAAAAAAAAIk/qNkHQ1ao2uk/s400/confluence_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424787026418865890" border="1" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1h6OyGq7EI/AAAAAAAAAOc/ubGBcmqnktA/s1600-h/confluence2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1h6OyGq7EI/AAAAAAAAAOc/ubGBcmqnktA/s400/confluence2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429223745181641794" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Zyt7BCYI/AAAAAAAAAgs/Jc_-o9pGSAI/s1600-h/confluence3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Zyt7BCYI/AAAAAAAAAgs/Jc_-o9pGSAI/s400/confluence3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435521265626581378" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Confluence.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Confluence.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Crescentic Dunes </span>- <span style="font-style: italic;">See </span>"Dunes, Crescentic"<br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Cutbank</span>- Pointbars are piles of sand and sediment that accumulate on the sides of river meanders, where the water slows down as it rounds the curve. Cutbanks are the outer banks of meanders, where the water speeds up and erodes down the side. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_bar">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zZYyauLKI/AAAAAAAAAXc/hAaFNaSXHdY/s1600-h/pointbar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1zZYyauLKI/AAAAAAAAAXc/hAaFNaSXHdY/s400/pointbar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430454270575914146" border="1" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2svWFdL0cI/AAAAAAAAAdM/eIFKo5QRpuc/s1600-h/point_bar_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2svWFdL0cI/AAAAAAAAAdM/eIFKo5QRpuc/s400/point_bar_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434489431820849602" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27pwWeO_rI/AAAAAAAAAg8/vEYfodGCt18/s1600-h/pointbar3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27pwWeO_rI/AAAAAAAAAg8/vEYfodGCt18/s400/pointbar3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435538817158151858" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Pointbar_and_Cutbank.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Pointbar_and_Cutbank.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-35876434798222258962010-03-17T11:10:00.000-07:002010-03-17T11:30:01.642-07:00Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - B<span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="B" id="B"></a>{B}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Badlands </span>- An arid environment with extreme erosion, unsuitable for grazing or farming {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badlands">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BJYc8g0wI/AAAAAAAAAv8/I_9Gx3YhQas/s1600-h/badlands2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BJYc8g0wI/AAAAAAAAAv8/I_9Gx3YhQas/s400/badlands2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449436233553990402" border="1" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BJYvrfPmI/AAAAAAAAAwE/ubI3pgfTrjU/s1600-h/badlands3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BJYvrfPmI/AAAAAAAAAwE/ubI3pgfTrjU/s400/badlands3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449436238582857314" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BJZTNOZQI/AAAAAAAAAwM/e-lKcKK62H0/s1600-h/badlands.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S6BJZTNOZQI/AAAAAAAAAwM/e-lKcKK62H0/s400/badlands.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449436248119600386" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Badlands.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Badlands.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barchan Dunes </span>- <span style="font-style: italic;">See </span>"Dunes, Crescentic"<br /></a><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Barrier Island </span>- A long, thin island running parallel to a coastline. They form from a variety of mechanisms and can shield the mainland from waves and storms. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrier_island">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jav9KKKCI/AAAAAAAAAQM/WOWbL6wT2JU/s1600-h/barrierisland.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1jav9KKKCI/AAAAAAAAAQM/WOWbL6wT2JU/s400/barrierisland.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429329868201011234" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1javccdK4I/AAAAAAAAAQE/g1dK22KGkRs/s1600-h/barrierisland.2jpg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1javccdK4I/AAAAAAAAAQE/g1dK22KGkRs/s400/barrierisland.2jpg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429329859419384706" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1javRE3WKI/AAAAAAAAAP8/6fVwh-uIC1E/s1600-h/barrierisland3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1javRE3WKI/AAAAAAAAAP8/6fVwh-uIC1E/s400/barrierisland3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429329856367646882" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude higher than 35,000 feet, and so are each ~15 miles across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Barrier_Islands.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Barrier_Islands.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Baymouth Bar</span>- A long, thin bar of sand that completely cuts off a bay from the rest of the ocean. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baymouth_bar">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XEIoKDqXI/AAAAAAAAAYc/ry6PZpuhZoM/s1600-h/baymouthbar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XEIoKDqXI/AAAAAAAAAYc/ry6PZpuhZoM/s400/baymouthbar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432964177989970290" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XEIdbPf8I/AAAAAAAAAYU/gSciHWiHqm0/s1600-h/baymouthbar3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XEIdbPf8I/AAAAAAAAAYU/gSciHWiHqm0/s400/baymouthbar3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432964175109259202" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XEINdcM5I/AAAAAAAAAYM/O2rOXCYSJb8/s1600-h/baymouthbar2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XEINdcM5I/AAAAAAAAAYM/O2rOXCYSJb8/s400/baymouthbar2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432964170823512978" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Baymouth_Bar.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Baymouth_Bar.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Bayou </span>- A marshy, water-logged area with extremely slow-moving water, typically found in the Gulf region of the U.S. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayou">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1e8UBLpZAI/AAAAAAAAAMs/2uF3AeT0m7w/s1600-h/bayou.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1e8UBLpZAI/AAAAAAAAAMs/2uF3AeT0m7w/s400/bayou.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429014927919113218" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1e8UAC-_5I/AAAAAAAAAMk/cEHjZ4AkeKo/s1600-h/bayou3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1e8UAC-_5I/AAAAAAAAAMk/cEHjZ4AkeKo/s400/bayou3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429014927614345106" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1e8Tq5RJRI/AAAAAAAAAMc/_afLq08X-f8/s1600-h/bayou2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1e8Tq5RJRI/AAAAAAAAAMc/_afLq08X-f8/s400/bayou2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429014921936446738" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Braided River </span>- <span style="font-style: italic;">See </span>"River, Braided"<br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Butte </span>- A small, isolated, flat-topped hill, usually found in deserts. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butte">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1nqaI1xu3I/AAAAAAAAARk/7Pogaps60qs/s1600-h/butte1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1nqaI1xu3I/AAAAAAAAARk/7Pogaps60qs/s400/butte1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429628560542382962" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S28zftiFMTI/AAAAAAAAAjM/Ju4z4Hde3iw/s1600-h/butte3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S28zftiFMTI/AAAAAAAAAjM/Ju4z4Hde3iw/s400/butte3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435619895150981426" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S28zff9RftI/AAAAAAAAAjE/0pcjAA6uItE/s1600-h/butte2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S28zff9RftI/AAAAAAAAAjE/0pcjAA6uItE/s400/butte2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435619891506937554" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Buttes.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="1" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Buttes.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648799683668742414.post-57270728248176203862010-03-16T14:25:00.001-07:002010-03-17T11:25:27.403-07:00An Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet)<span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary!</span><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><br /><br />These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: </span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/what-was-that-thumbnail-guide.html">"What Was That?"</a> (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#A">A</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000.html">B</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_17.html">C</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9034.html">D</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5205.html">E</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1869.html">F</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6726.html">G</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7073.html">H</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_9420.html">I</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_6107.html">J</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1188.html">K</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1383.html">L</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7943.html">M</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2493.html">N</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5334.html">O</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3404.html">P</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_3966.html">Q</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4295.html">R</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_2823.html">S</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1019.html">T</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_4589.html">U</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_5251.html">V</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_7644.html">W</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">X</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Y</a> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary-at-35000_1970.html">Z</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="A" id="A"></a>{A}</span></span> <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/2010/03/illustrated-geology-glossary.html#Top">back to top</a><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Alluvial Fan</span> - Fan-shaped sediment deposit at the base of a mountain. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvial_fan">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EhuQBqzII/AAAAAAAAAK8/aG7cxzCMVRo/s1600-h/alluvialfans.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EhuQBqzII/AAAAAAAAAK8/aG7cxzCMVRo/s400/alluvialfans.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427156104417823874" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EhsfhvKhI/AAAAAAAAAK0/boIi149d9QU/s1600-h/alluvialfans2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S1EhsfhvKhI/AAAAAAAAAK0/boIi149d9QU/s400/alluvialfans2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427156074219121170" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3oN6ow1yMI/AAAAAAAAAn0/GxQK5Y7aWg0/s1600-h/alluvialfan3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S3oN6ow1yMI/AAAAAAAAAn0/GxQK5Y7aWg0/s400/alluvialfan3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438674801029138626" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Alluvial_Fans.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Alluvial_Fans.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > <table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Anabranch</span> - A part of a river that leaves the main channel, then rejoins it further downstream. They can be small, short branches, or long, significant branches that cover many miles {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabranch">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27yMcO83CI/AAAAAAAAAhk/coVVojmZFxk/s1600-h/anabranch3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27yMcO83CI/AAAAAAAAAhk/coVVojmZFxk/s400/anabranch3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435548095834020898" border="0" /></a></td><td 204="" width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27yMkm4zII/AAAAAAAAAhs/oqEG8UlJckg/s1600-h/anabranch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27yMkm4zII/AAAAAAAAAhs/oqEG8UlJckg/s400/anabranch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435548098081901698" border="0" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27yMJbpW_I/AAAAAAAAAhc/e93oFXmHPOw/s1600-h/anabranch2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27yMJbpW_I/AAAAAAAAAhc/e93oFXmHPOw/s400/anabranch2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435548090786995186" border="0" /></a></td></tr></tbody> </table> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Anabranchs.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Anabranchs.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr style="border: 1px dotted rgb(168, 168, 168); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><table style="width: 482px; height: 271px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:130%;">Anticline </span>- Folded layers of rocks can make beautiful mountains. Syncline folds look like smiley-faces; anticlines look like frowney-faces. When viewed from above, synclines tend to have valleys in the middle; anticlines tend to be raised in the middle. Anticline mountains are common in the Appalachian Valley and Ridge Province. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticline">read more</a>}</td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XQg233g1I/AAAAAAAAAaE/uOGfLmoHjP0/s1600-h/anticline3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XQg233g1I/AAAAAAAAAaE/uOGfLmoHjP0/s400/anticline3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432977788396602194" border="1" /></a></td><td width=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XOGZ3EgvI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/lwttMg_KfeY/s1600-h/anticline.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XOGZ3EgvI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/lwttMg_KfeY/s400/anticline.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432975134908777202" border="1" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XOGKTPuKI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/BxNlUcRvnus/s1600-h/anticline2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S2XOGKTPuKI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/BxNlUcRvnus/s400/anticline2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432975130731985058" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scale</span>: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Anticlines.kmz"><img style="margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 25px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ySe8D5N1SEU/S27Kr2zuGtI/AAAAAAAAAgk/hWvo7IxT0Qo/s400/GoogleEarth_icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435504655078398674" border="" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/%7Eselby/rocksfromabove/What_Was_That/Anticlines.kmz">Open these examples in Google Earth</a>, </span>or download all of the landforms <a href="http://rocksfromabove.blogspot.com/p/google-earth-files.html">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0