8 May 2013
A comparative look at the Klingle Valley outcrop
Posted by Callan Bentley
A week ago, I featured six new GigaPans here, of the extraordinary rocks in Klingle Valley, DC.
I hadn’t been able to get the next phase of imaging that site ready in time for the post, but here it is: an annotated view of the outcrop.
Annotation color code:
PINK = Granite contact
BLUE = Sericite after staurolite pseudomorphs
YELLOW = Outlines of stretched clasts within the metaconglomerate
GREEN = Edges of lichens growing on the surface of the outcrop
Comparative viewer screenshot and link, so you can explore it for yourself:
Pretty cool, eh?
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.