ROCKS & FOSSILS
IN THE FIELD
“Travel is the very foundation of a successful career
as a scientific scholar, and the best have always traveled - even if it cost
them their lives.”
-
Carl Linnaeus, 1741
Geology & Biology of San Salvador Island, Bahamas
Geology of California
Moro Rock (Sierra Nevada
Mountains)
Lava Beds
& Medicine Lake Volcano
Geology of Nevada
Arrow Canyon
(southern Nevada)
Bactrian Mountain
(southern Nevada)
Spring Mountains
(southern Nevada)
Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam)
(Nevada-Arizona border)
Geology of Idaho
Bruneau Sand
Dunes (southern Idaho)
Craters
of the Moon (southern Idaho)
Eastern Snake
River Plain (southeastern Idaho)
Geology of Wyoming
Sherman Mountains
(Laramie Range, se Wyoming)
Teton Range (Grand
Teton National Park, nw Wyoming)
Yellowstone Hotspot
(northeastern Wyoming)
Geology of Oregon
Geology of Utah
Zion Canyon
(southwestern Utah)
Salina Canyon (central
Utah)
Drum Mountains (western
Utah)
Arches National Park
(eastern Utah)
Great Salt Lake
(northern Utah)
Geology of New Mexico
Navajo Volcanic
Field (Ship Rock, etc.)
Geology of Arizona
Geology of Colorado
Geology of Texas
Geology of South Dakota
Geology of Arkansas
Geology of Wisconsin
Geology of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Mackinac
Breccia (Devonian) - Castle Rock
Lakestack
Munising
Formation (Cambrian) - Pictured
Rocks
Jacobsville
Sandstone (~1.03-1.07 b.y.)
Oronto
Group
Freda
Sandstone (~1.07-1.08 b.y.)
Nonesuch Shale (~1.07-1.08 b.y.) - Presque Isle River
Lake Shore Traps
(1.087 b.y.)
Copper
Harbor Conglomerate (1.085-1.093 b.y.)
Portage Lake
Volcanic Series (1.093-1.097 b.y.)
(plus
photos and info. about the Allouez Conglomerate & the Calumet and Hecla
Conglomerate, 1.094-1.095 b.y.)
Michigamme Formation
(~1.85-1.86 b.y.)
Negaunee Iron-Formation (2.11 b.y.) - Jasper Knob & Champion
Specularites &
Siamo Slate & Ajibik Quartzite (2.1-2.2 b.y.)
Chocolay Group
(2.20-2.29 b.y.)
Basement
Rocks
Deer Lake Peridotite
(~2.5-2.7 b.y.)
Compeau Creek Gneiss
(?~2.6-3.0 b.y.)
Kitchi Formation
(?~2.7 b.y.)
Mona Formation
(?~2.7 b.y.)
Geology of Virginia
Narrows Water Gap
(New River) (western VA)
Geology of Kentucky
Maysville West roadcut
(Upper Ordovician)
Burkesville South
roadcuts (Ordovician-Devonian unconformity & Lower Mississippian)
Red River Gorge
(Mississippian to Pennsylvanian)
Cumberland Falls
(Pennsylvanian)
Geology of Pennsylvania
Coral Caverns (town of
Manns Choice)
Geology of Vermont
Geology of New Hampshire
Geology of Quebec, Canada
Geology of China