11 May 2012
Posted by Callan Bentley
Max Arndt contributed this week’s Friday fold:
(click on the image to get to a larger sized version on Max’s Flickr page)
That’s the Warah Formation exposed on the Batain Coast of northeastern Oman. This is the thrust front of a thin-skinned fold and thrust belt. I think it’s just lovely!
Max has a ton of other great structure photos on Flickr, he tweets, and he has a blog. Check out his work!
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.
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That’s a pretty sweet fold! And in one of my favorite countries, too :-).
That’s freaking amazing!
Nothing complicated about that outcrop! 😉
Hi Max, Can I have the coordinate to visit this site?
Great geological feature
regards
Sanjay