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Geology of the Appalachians - The geology of the Appalachians dates back to more than 480 million years ago. A look at rocks exposed in today's Appalachian mountains reveals elongate belts of folded and thrust faulted marine sedimentary rocks, volcanic rocks and slivers of ancient ocean floor.

Geology of the Yosemite area - The exposed geology of the Yosemite area includes primarily granitic rocks with some older metamorphic rock. The first rocks were laid down in Precambrian times, when the area around Yosemite National Park was on the edge of a very young North American continent.

Geology of Hertfordshire - The rocks of the English county of Hertfordshire belong to the great shallow syncline known as the London basin, the beds dip in a south-easterly direction towards the syncline's lowest point roughly under the River Thames. The most important formations are the Cretaceous chalks, which are exposed as the high ground in the north and west of the county, and the Tertiary rocks made up of the Paleocene age Reading Beds and Eocene age London Clay that occupies the remaining southern part.

Foliation (geology) - Foliation is any penetrative planar fabric present in rocks. Foliation is common to rocks affected by regional metamorphic compression typical of orogenic belts.


Suggested Web Sites

DJW's Metamorphic Petrology - Annotated links to material about metamorphic rocks, migmatites and granitoid rocks, and related areas of "hard-rock" geology.

The Rock, Mineral, and Fossil Reference - Contains over 100 pictures of minerals, rocks and fossils, as well as information about classification, identification, the Science Olympiad Rocks and Minerals event and related topics.

Berg's Rock Shop Rock - Rock tumblers, Estwing rock hammers, rough rock and lapidary supplies.

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