Featured Field Photo—Stromatolitic Bioherm
Jon Husson stands next to a cross-section through a stromatolitic bioherm in the carbonate-dominated Love's Creek Member of the Bitter Springs Formation (central Australia) This photo shows a...
View ArticleFeatured Field Photo—Bifurcating Clastic Dike
A bifurcating clastic dike comprised of sand that was emplaced into a basalt flow in the Osler Volcanic Group of Ontario, Canada. The coin for scale is a Canadian Penny that has a diameter of 1.9 cm....
View ArticleFeatured Field Photo—Spheroidal weathering profile
A quarry in southeastern Botswana exposes a weathering profile into a Mesoproterozoic sill of the Umkondo Large Igneous Province This photo shows a weathering profile through a 1.1 billion-year-old...
View ArticleFeatured Field Photo—mudcracks in the Jacobsville Formation
Mudcracks within the fluvial Jacobsville Formation that was deposited 990 million years ago in the modern-day Lake Superior region The Jacobsville Formation of northern Michigan contains a marvelous...
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