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Archives: Geoheritage Sites

Brittle structures of the Somerset Coast

Photograph taken from a drone looking eastwards from Kilve, showing normal faults and folds exposed on the beach and cliffs.

Surface faulting of a seismic sequence in Mt. Vettore

Mt Vettore, coseismic surface faulting associated with the earthquakes of 24th August and 30th October 2016, crossing the mountain from north to south.

Alpine superposed buckle folds in Aliaga

La Olla anticline, second-generation vertical-axis fold affecting Lower Cretaceous marine formations. In front: Aliaga medieval castle. Horizon: Late Neogene planation surface.

Marine terraces of San Juan de Marcona

Shows eight marine terraces of Cerro El Huevo. These marine terraces provide important information on the tectonic uplift processes during the Quaternary in the area.

The Sar-e-Sang Lapis Lazuli Deposit

Afghanite crystals (12.5 x 7.5 centimeters; photo by H. Meyer).

The Kalahari Manganese Field

Sunset in the Kalahari Manganese Field with the silhouette of the N'Chwaning manganese mine in the foreground.

The Broken Hill Pb-Zn-Ag deposit

Crystals of ferrorhodonite-rhodonite (red) to 1 centimeter with spessartine (brownish red) and fluorapatite (green) in galena. North Mine. Private collection. F. Coffa photograph.

Mineral site of Mont Saint-Hilaire

Serandite (orange) and analcime (white). Specimen is 22.5 centimeters in length. Collected in 1973. Canadian Museum of Nature, specimen CMNMC 37124. Photographer: Michael Bainbridge.

The Muzo emerald deposit

Emerald and pyrite (7 x 10.5 centimeters; coll. N. & J.-P. Voilhes). Photo: L.-D. Bayle.

Granite landforms of Dartmoor

Haytor is among the most spectacular granite tors in Dartmoor. (By Nilfanion - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28339418).
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