Geology Collection (page 14)

Quarry Strata Exposed
View of a quarry section or cutting showing the exposed strata Date: circa 1860

Inside the Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps
View inside the Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps, at a height of 2300 metres. Wooden planks have been laid down for tourists to walk on. Date: circa 1940

Geological Museum Inside
The Great Hall of the Economic Geology Museum, Jermyn Street, Piccadilly, London, (previously the Practical Geology Museum) Date: 1851

Stratification Diagrams
Two diagrams to explain stratification: the books represent the different stratas in a depth of about 5 miles; the hand indicates depth of the coal strata Date: 19th century

Vulcans Cave, Italy
The burning valley called Vulcans Cave near Naples

Fumeroles near Naples
Fumeroles on Campi Flegrei, near Naples

Monte Nuovo, Italy
The volcano Monte Nuovo, close to Pozzuoli, Naples, Southern Italy

Volcano crater visit, Pozzuoli
A visit to the crater of a volcano at Pozzuoli, Naples

Monte Nuovo
The formation of the Monte Nuovo volcano, Pozzuoli, Naples, Southern Italy

Geology in the Antarctic
A photograph from Charcots " The Voyage of the Pourquoi Pas" showing a striking example of bare rock in the Graham Land area of the Antarctic

Menton, France
The South of France - Menton - on the Mediterranean coast close to the Italian border. The Red rocks with a wonderful lift

Franz Josef Glacier, South Island, New Zealand
View of ice at the tongue of the Franz Josef Glacier, South Island, New Zealand. The glacier is 12 km long, and is located in Westland National Park on the west coast of the Island

Rock Arch
Painting of an unidentified coastal location with the unusual geological formation of a rock arch. Date: c.1930

Study of a rocky cliffside outcrop
A study of a rocky cliffside outcrop by Raymond Sheppard

Rock perched precariously on clifftop
A rock perched (somewhat miraculously) on the top of a steep clif. The striations in the stone attest to their soft compound, the way water has aroded their form over time being made fully apparent

Flower Pot Island, Georgian Bay, Canada
Flower Pot Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada. There were three of these natural rock pillars, of which two survive after the collapse of the third in 1903

Middleton Dale, Derbyshire
Limestone Rock in Middleton Dale, Derbyshire

Geology Earths Crust
The narrow band of Earths crust, about 20 km wide, is perfectly suited in density and temperature to sustaining life as we know it : a few degrees difference - wow !

Cornish Rock Formations
A fine view of the Cornish coast at Bedruthan Steps, with its rocky cliffs and sandy beach, Cornwall, England

Crystals / Lodestones 1555
Crystals and lodestones beneath a stormy sky

Giants Causeway / Ireland
A west view of the Giants Causeway, County Antrim

Ghar Dalam Cave / Malta
The Ghar Dalam (cave of darkness) a Neolithic site, dated to circa 5000 BC

Niagara Burning Spring
The burning springs at McGill Mills, Bridgewater, above the Niagara Falls, are a popular tourist attraction : they are due to natural gas and can be ignited with a candle

Geologists at Swanage
Labourers and geologists working at a site in Swanage, Dorset, where geological discoveries were made

Fishing / Magnus / 1555
Crowned rock, where the author was nearly shipwrecked in 1519, but where vast numbers of fish were caught

Georg Agricola Bauer
GEORG AGRICOLA BAUER Considered the father of mineralogy, basing writings on observation and enquiry rather than received opinion

Freshwater Rocks
Rock formations at Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England

St Paul Island, Indian Ocean, a former volcano
The Island of St Paul, in the Indian Ocean -- a former volcano, with the crater still visible on one side

Dolomite Mountains of the Southern Tyrol, Italy
View of the Dolomite Mountains of the Southern Tyrol, Italy

Schlatenkees Glacier, Hohe Tauern, Austrian Tyrol
View of the Schlatenkees, one of the dominant glaciers on the Hohe Tauern Mountains in the Austrian Tyrol, extending from the Grossvenediger Mountain eastwards for about 6 km

Puynipel (Bonibai), Caroline Islands, Pacific Ocean
View of Puynipet (Bonibai), in the Caroline Islands, a group of around 500 coral islands in the Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Seen here with surrounding coral reef and natives in boats

Knaresborough Well 1779
Knaresborough - the petrifying or DROPPING WELL

Geologists Hunt Crystals
Geologists crystal hunting on Mont Blanc in the Alps

Geological Museum
After starting life in 1835 in Whitehall, the Museum of Practical Geology moves to these premises in Jermyn Street in 1851, and finally to South Kensington in 1935

Various Marbles
Patterns of various types of marble

Rocks, Zinc and Tin
Silicate of zinc, smithsonite, carbonate of zinc, sulphide of zinc and oxide of tin

Rocks, Iron Ore
Various types of iron ore and iron oxide

Natural Rock Bridge
A natural bridge spans a river at Cedar Creek, Virginia, USA

Vladimir Obruchev
VLADIMIR OBRUCHEV Russian geologist, noted for studies of the geology of Siberia etc

Hills of Sand Oklahoma
Hills of sand in the American desert, on the Canadian River, Oklahoma

Natural Cylinders
Curious natural cylinders found in the American desert, in the Wichita mountains of southwest Oklahoma, USA

Erratic block in Rhone Valley, near Monthey, Switzerland
An erratic block, left behind by a melting glacier, in the Rhone Valley near Monthey, Switzerland. It is known as La Pierre des Marmettes, and has a small chapel built on top of it

Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice), Mont Blanc, French Alps
Termination of the Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice) in the Chamonix Valley, French Alps, the longest glacier in France (7 km long, 200 m deep. The Arveiron River escapes through a natural gateway

Bossons Glacier, Chamonix Valley, south eastern France
View of the Bossons Glacier in the Chamonix Valley, Haute-Savoie, south eastern France. The glacier is on the north eastern side of the valley, close to the Aiguille du Midi

Niagara Falls between Canada and the USA
View of the Niagara Falls between Canada and the United States of America -- the American Fall on the left, the Horseshoe Fall on the right

Scenes from an earthquake in Peru, South America, showing the destruction of the towns of Arica and Arequipa

Natural sandstone rocks at Dittersbach, Switzerland
View of a sandstone formation -- a circle of rocks at Dittersbach (known today as Jetrichovice) in Bohemian (Saxon) Switzerland, with a few buildings at the centre

View of Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
A view of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa

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