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Panorama formed from photos 80 and 81, from near Montpelier Creek, looking northwest; shows southern tip of uneroded part of overthrust block and position of subordinate branch fault; Carboniferous formations; Thaynes group; Nugget sandstone; Twin Creek limestone. Syncline and anticlines of lower fault block in foreground. Bear Lake County, Idaho. August 25, 1911. Plate 36-C, with graphics, in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 152. 1927.
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Panorama of ridge extending from sec. 14 through sec. 3, T. 8 S., R. 44 E., Slug Creek quadrangle; showing dip slope of Rex chert member (68 and 69), phosphate shales of Phosphoria formation (70), and Wells formation; Wood shale in foreground. Caribou County, Idaho. August 7, 1911. Plate 29-A, with graphics, in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 152. 1927.
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Form a panorama: Escarpment at eastern margin of Canon City coalfield, north of Rockvale; from top to bottom, cliff-making sandstone, capped with Arapahoe (?) conglomerate, upper coal group of the Vermejo formation and Rockvale sandstone member of the Vermejo formation. Fremont County, Colorado. Circa 1907. Plate 23, as a panorama with graphics, in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 101. 1917.
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Form a panorama of Miocene and Pliocene formations: sea cliff at Malaga Cove, (a) nonmarine terrace cover and dune sand (Pleistocene to Recent), (b) Repetto siltstone (lower Pliocene); (c) Malaga mudstone member of Monterey shale (upper Miocene); (d) Valmonte diatomite member of Monterey shale (upper Miocene). Los Angeles County, California. 1930. Plate 10-A, U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 207. 1946.
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Panorama of ridge extending from sec. 14 through sec. 3, T. 8 S., R. 44 E., Slug Creek quadrangle; showing dip slope of Rex chert member (68 and 69), phosphate shales of Phosphoria formation (70), and Wells formation; Wood shale in foreground. Caribou County, Idaho. August 7, 1911. Plate 29-A, with graphics, in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 152. 1927.
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Form a panorama of Miocene and Pliocene formations: sea cliff at Malaga Cove, (a) nonmarine terrace cover and dune sand (Pleistocene to Recent), (b) Repetto siltstone (lower Pliocene); (c) Malaga mudstone member of Monterey shale (upper Miocene); (d) Valmonte diatomite member of Monterey shale (upper Miocene). Los Angeles County, California. 1930. Plate 10-A, U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 207. 1946.
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Form panorama from southward pointing spur on hill north of Georgetown Canyon, looking northeast to south; Mississippian limestone; Wells formation; Nugget sandstone; Twin Creek limestone. Bear Lake County, Idaho. July 3, 1911. Plate 38-A, with graphics, in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 152. 1927.
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Stratification and general appearance of Pliocene and early Pleistocene terrace deposits, most of which have been classified as "Lafayette Formation." The strata seems to range generally from 5 to 10 feet in thickness and to be comparatively persistent and yet lenticular and theses seem to be diagnostic features; part of type exposure of Port Hudson formation at Port Hickey, probably early Pleistocene but shows same general form of stratification as Pliocene terrace deposits. Louisiana. June 9, 1915. Plate 48-E in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 108. 1918.
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Form a panoramic view of south side of St. Charles canyon and of the Bear River range from a point in sec. 18, T. 15 S., R. 43 E., Montpelier quadrangle; Snowdrift peneplain (?) in extreme back ground. Starting with the right portion of photo 100, the following formations, or members of are exposed; Bloomington formation, Nounan limestone, and Worm Creek quartzite member (to 101) then, St. Charles limestone, continuing in to 102, which also shows, the Garden City limestone that is overlain by the Swan Peak quartz (in 103). Bear Lake County, Idaho. July 8, 1912. Plate 21-C, with graphics, in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 152. 1927.
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Form a panoramic view of south side of St. Charles canyon and of the Bear River range from a point in sec. 18, T. 15 S., R. 43 E., Montpelier quadrangle; Snowdrift peneplain (?) in extreme back ground. Starting with the right portion of photo 100, the following formations, or members of are exposed; Bloomington formation, Nounan limestone, and Worm Creek quartzite member (to 101) then, St. Charles limestone, continuing in to 102, which also shows, the Garden City limestone that is overlain by the Swan Peak quartz (in 103). Bear Lake County, Idaho. July 8, 1912. Plate 21-C, with graphics, in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 152. 1927.
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Succession of oyster beds in the lower part of the Jackson formation on Little Crow Creek. Plate 24-B, with graphics, in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 92. 1924.
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Neverita and Pecten zones of San Joaquin formation: Neverita zone at type locality on east side of Arroyo Bifido, sec. 35, T. 21 S., R 17 E. Basal sandstone and lower part of overlying sand form low cliff under derrick on skyline. Kings County, California. 1930. Plate 18-A, U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 195. 1940.
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Recent minor fault of interbedded clay and sand of Talbot formation: on Morgan Creek, Kent County, Maryland. 1912. Plate 8 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 204. 1916.
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Photomicrograph of metaconglomerate of the Weisner formation: with crossed nicols, showing typical interlocking texture of quartzite (above) and composite mineral character of some of the pebbles. Bartow County, Georgia. Circa 1944. Plate 2-D, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 224. 1950.
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Sand of Meade River unit of the Gubik Formation exposed in the 30-foot bank of the lake at lat 70 degrees 28 minutes N. and long 157 degrees 55 minutes W. Barrow district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. August 25, 1947. Published as figure 17 in U. S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 302-C. 1964.
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Ripple marks in Burke formation on Tiger Peak. Shoshone County, Idaho. September 18 1904, plate 6-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 62. 1908.
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Sharply folded and faulted beds of the Wallace formation, 1.5 miles east of Wallace. Shoshone County, Idaho. August 31, 1904, plate 7-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 62. 1908.
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Part of Red Mountain formation immediately below big seam of iron ore, Twentieth Street cut, Birmingham, at summit of Red Mountain, looking northeast; this part is of Brassfield (Medina) age. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1925. Plate 11 in U.S.Geological Survey. Folio 221. 1927.
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Unconformity between diatomaceous Maricopa shale and clay shale of Etchegoin formation in San Emigdio region; looking west across Muddy creek, the bedding of the diatomaceous shale is indicated by the hard calcareous layers, The bedding of the clay shale is practically parallel with the contact, which is shown by the sharp change in color. Kern County, California. November 3, 1912. Plate 10-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 116. 1920.
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Typical double hogback formed by marine phase of the South Platte formation near Boxelder Creek. Upper sandstone (Us) forms hogback to right, Plainview sandstone member (P) holds dip slope of hogback to left, marine shale (Ms) lies between light-colored sandstone lens in Lytle formation lies in slope below Lytle-South Platte contact (D). Larimer County, Colorado, ca. 1951. Published as figure 16 in U. S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 274-B. 1955.