15 April 2016
Posted by Callan Bentley
James Farrell is our newest Friday fold source. Today he shares a primary (not tectonic) fold – the fold is in the ropy texture of a pahoehoe flow:
Those colors! What a gorgeous rock. Thanks for sharing, James!
You, too, can share your folds here. Send me your images. I look forward to featuring them on the Friday fold!
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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