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  1. A lovely exposure (though rather harshly lit) of the contact between two Cambro-Ordovician limestones in the Shenandoah Valley. Geologic map of the site is here: ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngm-bin/pdp/zui_viewer.pl?id=14868 Will open in a new tab or window The same contact can be seen in the vicinity of Strasburg, Virginia, here: www.gigapan.com/gi...

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  2. near Torkeal, County Clare

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  3. West of Shell, Wyoming, on route 14, there is a lovely exposure showing the tilted stratigraphic contact between the lower Tensleep Formation (purple; Pennsylvanian period) underneath Goose Egg Formation (orange/tan; Permian to Triassic in age). The contact dips to the west because it has been deformed during Laramide ...

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  4. Ice age dune deposits (aeolian sands) lying unconformably on late Miocene (ca 7Ma) river sediments of the Baynunah Formation. Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates. The dune deposits at the top of the outcrop are made up of cemented oolites which were blown in from the Persian Gulf seabed. During Ice Age maxi...

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  5. Outcrop of sedimentary rocks near Kodachrome Basin State Park in southeastern Utah.

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  6. There's a whole course in the stratigraphy of the Colorado Plateau in view from here. Hite marina on Lake Powell is just across the Colorado River. Because of the precipitous drop I didn't find it necessary to get any closer to the edge. Nevertheless, it's a commanding viewpoint - I only wish I had a sunny day to sh...

  7. While I was GigaPanning the Buttress Unconformities in the roadcut I was also admiring the stratigraphy of the far wall of the valley. Didn't even need to move the tripod...

  8. East end of gigapan.org/gigapans/44592/

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  9. Detail of part of gigapan.org/gigapans/44592/

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  10. Classic section of Quaternary fluvial, paludal, and spring deposits along Las Vegas Wash. Section spans at least the last 200,000 years.

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