Showing posts with label Columnar jointing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Columnar jointing. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Fan of Columnar Jointing? Here's a Real Gem for You in the Sierra Nevada, and it's Not Devil's Postpile

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Tucked away in a small corner of an unheralded canyon of the Sierra Nevada is a real gem of a geological locality. It is a marvelous example...
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Sunday, August 5, 2012

A Kid in a Candy Shop...On the Oregon Coast

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A kid in a candy shop, that's what I was the other day. All the colorful stuff, not really paying attention to the details because the...
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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Water in a Dry Land: Joshua Tree National Park, and Getting Tanked

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A lake in the desert? That can't be right... Joshua Tree National Park has a bit of a schizophrenic aspect. Geologicially, the park is d...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Columns on Columns: Pictures all over the Joint!

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I was so pleased to see all the columns showing up in the geoblogosphere this week! Columnar-jointed columns that is. I added to the cacoph...
Sunday, September 26, 2010

Columns on Columns: Other Jointing Stories This Week

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The vertical columnar joints that I saw at Devils Postpile weren't the only columns we saw on the field trip last week. We paid a visit...
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A Column on Columns: Tuesday's Mystery Photo and the Devil's Work

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It didn't take folks very long to figure out that Tuesday's mystery photo was taken in the vicinity of Devils Postpile at the nati...
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