Rock Structures Mt. St. Helens, October 2004
Igneous Structures: Plutons, Volcanoes, & Lava Flows (Oh, My!)
Plutons
Name this Igneous Feature… Igneous Dike
Plutonic Structures Xenoliths Source: William E. Ferguson
Why do we find Plutons at the Surface? Sierra Nevada Mountains Batholith, California Uplift & Erosion
Volcanic Structures Mafic vs. Intermediate/Felsic
Mafic Eruptions: Passive Lava Flows
Lava Flows
Aa Lava Flows
Pahoehoe Lava Flows
“Window” into Lava Tube
Lava Tubes
Pillow Structure
Pillow Structures
Columnar Structures
Shield Volcano
Summit Caldera
Cinder Cones
Flood Basalt Flows
Felsic Eruptions: Explosive Ash and Thick Lava Flows
Stratovolcano
Lava Dome
Ash Flow Caldera
Ash-Flow Caldera: Crater Lake, Oregon
Pyroclastic Flow
Sedimentary Structures
Stratafication Bedding (1-300 cm) Laminations (<1 cm) Massive Strata (>300 cm)
Inter-Bed Structures (within strata) Graded Beds Cross Beds Dropstones Outcrop of turbidites, Carboniferous, northwestern China.
Graded Beds Death Valley, CA
Cross Beds Zion National Park, UT
Dropstones Norway
Intra-Bed Structures (on the surface of strata) Ripple Marks Mudcracks Raindrop Impressions
Ripple Marks
Mudcracks Glacier National Park, MT
Raindrop Impressions
Fossils
Trace Fossils Worm Burrows: Middle Silurian, Grimsby Formation, Hamilton, Ontario Coprolites Miocene Mammal (WA)