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Indiana Geology Visual Dictionary - Search Results


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Click to view the JPG or GIF image  Aerial Photograph of Beach Ridges (36.4K)

Aerial photograph of western Gary, IN, from 1938. The photo shows beach ri...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Beach - Atidal (7.4K)

Schematic diagram illustrating the form and terminology of an atidal shorel...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Beach Drift (5.9K)

Cartoon showing particle movement in the swash zone of a beach.


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Nearshore Circulation (9.6K)

Schematic diagram illustrating the types of nearshore circulation that occu...


Click to view the JPG or GIF image  Calcite (28.8K)

Photograph of the mineral calcite.


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Lithostratigraphic and Biostratigraphic Correlation (7.3K)

Correlation of three stratigraphic columns kilometers apart.


Click to view the JPG or GIF image  Refractive Calcite (28.6K)

Photograph of refractive calcite.


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Deltaic System (4.8K)

Schematic diagram illustrating the parts of a fluvial-dominated delta.


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Earth's Internal Structure (4.1K)

Schematic diagram illustrating the internal structure of the earth.


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Earth's Magnetic Field (3.1K)

Schematic diagram illustrating the earth's magnetic field and its relations...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Fault Scarp (7.1K)

Geomorphic elements of a fault scarp.


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Fluvial Drainage Patterns (24.5K)

Schematic diagram that illustrated types of fluvial drainage patterns.


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Types of Faulting (4.9K)

Animation of normal and reverse faults.


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Ground-Water Flow System (6.9K)

Conceptual diagram illustrating types and components of a ground-water flow...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Ground-Water Well (11.5K)

Components of a ground-water well.


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Karst (20.8K)

Karst features and stages of development.


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Components of a LandFill (4.3K)

Basic components of a modern landfill.


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Petroleum Trap - Structural (3.9K)

Schematic diagram illustrating types of structural trap that could house pe...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Ripples - Asymmetric (8.5K)

Schematic diagram illustrating the form, internal structure, and terminolog...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Ripples - Plan View of Types (5.2K)

Schematic diagram illustrating the plan view form of various ripple types.


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  River Flooding (7.1K)

Animation illustrating the flooding of overbank areas.


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Carbonate Shoal (11.9K)

Schematic 3-D diagram illustrating components of a carbonate shoal. This m...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Horizontal Stratification (3.8K)

Block diagram showing horizontal stratification. This type of stratificati...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Hummocky Cross-Stratification (2.8K)

Block diagram showing the internal structure and bedform geometry of hummoc...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Planar Cross-Stratification (4.3K)

Block diagram showing the internal structure and bedform geometry of planar...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Sediment Movement (10.5K)

Animation illustrating types of particle movement that occur in a unidirect...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Sinous Channel - Flow (4.0K)

Schematic diagram illustrating current flow in a sinuous channel


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Sinuous Channel - Morphology (6.5K)

Schematic diagram illustrating the morphology and terminology of a sinuous ...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Stratification (4.4K)

Bed, parting, and laminae terminology.


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Trough Cross-Stratification (5.6K)

Block diagram showing the internal structure and bedform geometry of trough...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Waves - Breaker Types (2.9K)

Schematic diagram illustrating the types of breakers that occur in the near...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Waves - Generation (4.6K)

Schematic diagram illustrating the generation of waves. Choppy waves gener...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Waves - Orbitals (7.3K)

Schematic diagram illustrating wave orbitals in a deep-water wave. Particle...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Waves - Profiles (2.4K)

Schematic diagram illustrating the difference in wave profiles between an d...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Waves - Propogation (8.1K)

Schematic diagram showing the change in wave direction associated with a ch...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Waves - Shoaling (6.6K)

Schematic diagram illustrating wave orbitals in a deep-water wave vs. a sha...


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Waves - Terminology (2.7K)

Schematic diagram showing wave terminology.


Click to view the Macromedia Flash image (requires Flash Player)  Waves - Time/Velocity Asymmetry (3.5K)

Schematic diagram illustrating the asymmetry of time and velocity in a shoa...

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