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  1. Basilica di San Venanzio

    Basilica di San Venanzio by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Camerino from Montelago by Alan Pitts

    The Patron Saint of Camerino

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  2. Geology Department

    Geology Department by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Camerino from Montelago by Alan Pitts

    This is where I do my geology

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  3. fishermen?

    fishermen? by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Piano Grande by Alan Pitts

    or maybe more gigapanners

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  4. The town of Castellucio

    The town of Castellucio by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Castelluccio from the Piano Grande by Alan Pitts

    population 150

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  5. The Scaglia Rossa

    The Scaglia Rossa by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan K/T Boundary exposed at Gubbio, Italy by Alan Pitts

    A Cretaceous aged marine sedimentary rock, "The scaly red" this is a limestone with a small amount of iron oxides which have experienced oxidation giving the rock its lovely red color. Since depostition this rock was inclined and folded along with the Apennine Mountains.

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  6. Paleomag drill holes

    Paleomag drill holes by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan K/T Boundary exposed at Gubbio, Italy by Alan Pitts

    The Scaglia Rossa is an important rock which was used to establish the paleomagnetic time scale. There are too many drill holes to count. This rock has been studied by many geologists.

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  7. Above the Iridium layer

    Above the Iridium layer by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan K/T Boundary exposed at Gubbio, Italy by Alan Pitts

    Here there is a clear absence of fossils.

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  8. Below the Iridium Layer

    Below the Iridium Layer by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan K/T Boundary exposed at Gubbio, Italy by Alan Pitts

    Here the strata is rich with fossils such as foraminifera and ammonites.

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  9. one Euro

    one Euro by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan K/T Boundary exposed at Gubbio, Italy by Alan Pitts

    For Scale

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  10. Iridium Layer

    Iridium Layer by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan K/T Boundary exposed at Gubbio, Italy by Alan Pitts

    it's only about a centimeter thick. Here is the famous K/T boundary.

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  11. snowy peaks

    snowy peaks by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Snow covered peaks of the Central Apennines by Alan Pitts

    Marche-Umbrian Apennines

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  12. I want this house

    I want this house by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Snow covered peaks of the Central Apennines by Alan Pitts

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  13. Potenza River Valley

    Potenza River Valley by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan March 8, from the geology department at University of Camerino. by Alan Pitts

    Carves a deep gorge from the town of Pioraco

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  14. Brallier-type lithology

    Brallier-type lithology by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Chambersville-Base of the Foreknobs Formation by Alan Pitts

    Sharply bound thin to medium bedded siltstone/sandstone turbidite packages.

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  15. Basal Sandstone

    Basal Sandstone by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Chambersville-Base of the Foreknobs Formation by Alan Pitts

    Massive sandstone. Potential marker bed as lower formation boundary for the Foreknobs Formation.

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  16. Bedding

    Bedding by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Milldale Antietam Breccia by Alan Pitts

    Strike is approximatley 240 degrees and dip is nearly vertical

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  17. Sense of Scale

    Sense of Scale by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Milldale Antietam Breccia by Alan Pitts

    Spring 2010 and Spring 2011? I really need to get a new field book rather than filing blank pages at the end of books from previous years.

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  18. tension gashes

    tension gashes by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Folds in Upper Conococheague by Alan Pitts

    truncated against cleavage plane

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  19. Fieldbook for scale

    Fieldbook for scale by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Folds and Faults in Foreknobs, Bergton Va by Alan Pitts

    blended into bedrock

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  20. fold hinge

    fold hinge by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Folds and Faults in Foreknobs, Bergton Va by Alan Pitts

    fold profile changes as you follow along the axial plane

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  21. fualt gouge

    fualt gouge by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Folds and Faults in Foreknobs, Bergton Va by Alan Pitts

    chewed up rock from fault action

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  22. fold hinge

    fold hinge by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Folds and Faults in Foreknobs, Bergton Va by Alan Pitts

    synform

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  23. Reverse Fault

    Reverse Fault by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Folds and Faults in Foreknobs, Bergton Va by Alan Pitts

    Sinistral sense of shear, top to the left

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  24. Do you see bedding?

    Do you see bedding? by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Breccia in Antietam Formation, Swift Shoals by Alan Pitts

    These rocks are highly fractured, I took this Gigapan to take a step back and try to make sense of the outcrop. These nearly vertical surfaces seem more like bedding planes than fractures. But it is had to say for certain what is bedding here with out examining the outcrop very closely for sublte sedimentary structurs or trace fossils. What do you think?

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  25. Fieldbook

    Fieldbook by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Breccia in Antietam Formation, Swift Shoals by Alan Pitts

    for scale

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  26. Quartz

    Quartz by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Amazonite in Pegmatite 2 by Alan Pitts

    concoidal fracture

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  27. Amazonite

    Amazonite by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Amazonite in Pegmatite 2 by Alan Pitts

    Blue-Green variety of Microcline Feldspar

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  28. Quartz

    Quartz by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Amazonite in Pegmatite 2 by Alan Pitts

    tiny prismatic quartz crystals

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  29. Explore a hand sample of the Antietam Formation

    Explore a hand sample of the Antietam Formation by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Antietam Formation by Alan Pitts

    Go here to explore a hand sample of the Antietam Formation in this MacroGigapan

    gigapan.com/gigapans/103122

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  30. kink fold

    kink fold by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Foreknobs, Rt 50 west of Gore Va by Alan Pitts

    top to the right

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  31. complicated structure

    complicated structure by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Foreknobs, Rt 50 west of Gore Va by Alan Pitts

    some tight folding

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  32. Fold pair

    Fold pair by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Foreknobs, Rt 50 west of Gore-small fold by Alan Pitts

    the fold profile is best expressed in the block sandstone bed.

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  33. Fold

    Fold by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Foreknobs, Rt 50 west of Gore-small fold by Alan Pitts

    small kink fold

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  34. Glacial till

    Glacial till by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Sand Volcanos - Bridges of Ross by Alan Pitts

    boulder clays

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  35. Tectonic Folding

    Tectonic Folding by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Sand Volcanos - Bridges of Ross by Alan Pitts

    anticline/syncline pair

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  36. Fishermen

    Fishermen by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Sand Volcanos - Bridges of Ross by Alan Pitts

    or maybe here to enjoy the rocks like us

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  37. more sand volcanoes

    more sand volcanoes by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Sand Volcanos - Bridges of Ross by Alan Pitts

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  38. Sand Volcanoes

    Sand Volcanoes by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Sand Volcanos - Bridges of Ross by Alan Pitts

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  39. Lough Nafooey Volcanics

    Lough Nafooey Volcanics by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Ben Corragh- Lough Nafooey by Alan Pitts

    pillow basalt

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  40. Mt Gable

    Mt Gable by Alan Pitts from the GigaPan Ben Corragh- Lough Nafooey by Alan Pitts

    looking over Clonbur

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