Joints in igneous rocks
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2009-03
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Barker, Daniel S.
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One of a series of images with descriptions of igneous and volcanic geological features in field environments.
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Danbury granite, Georgia , Joshua Tree National Monument, California , Aeolian Buttes, California , Enchanted Rock, Texas , Marble Falls, Texas , Carmolli Brothers Quarry, Elberton, Georgia , Granite Mountain, Georgia , Axum, Ethiopia , Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland , Devil's Tower, Wyoming , Hell's Gate, Kenya , Fischer's Tower, Hell's Gate, Kenya , Kilt Rock, Isle of Skye, Scotland , Mendig, Germany , Salisbury Crags sill, Edinburgh , Weibern quarry, Germany , Green Tuff, Pantelleria, Italy , Howenegg, Germany , Mont Rodeix, Auvergne, France , Moiwa, Hokkaido , Hochsimmer Basalt, Eifel region, Germany , Gembudo, Honshu, Japan , Pillow lava , Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada , Fossa di Vulcano, Itlay , Kaldaksvisi Canyon, Iceland , Takurayama, Honshu, Japan , Hochtsberg quarry, Germany , Columbia River Basalts, Clearwater River, Idaho , Neoclassical building, Bristol, England , Dettifoss, Iceland , Hjalparfoss, Iceland , Hljodarkletter, Iceland , Oriented fractures , Slip , Stress , Flexure , Unloading , Volume decrease , Shrinking , Cooling , Orthogonal joints , Erosional unloading , Subhorizontal , Curving joints , Sheet structure , Prismatic joints , Columnar joints , Orthogonal joints , Volcanology , Volcanic rocks , Exfoliation , Pop up structures , Tent structures , Quarrying , Sheet structure , Structural geology , Geomorphology , Hydrogeology , Quarry engineers , Prismatic joint orientation , Intrusive body , Extrusive body , Cooling isotherms , Le Pas de Cere, Cantal volcano, France , Basalt lava flow , River valley , Ball-and-socket joints , Feeder , Diverging joints , Rhyolite flow , Diverging joints , Sill , Resource extraction , Lava , Underground workings , Millstones , Paving stones , Welded pyroclastic flow , Aa , Alteration channels , Erosion , Andesite dikes , Paleovalley , Lava flows , Breadcrust bomb , Jointed basalt , Chisel marks , Pinch-and-swell structures , Platy joints , Unoriented joints , Entablature , Unoriented fractures , Cooling flow , Ice , Dike , Joints , Igneous rocks , Field geology