Geomorphology Collection (#9)

Monzogranite C014 / 1538
Monzogranite. Close-up of monzogranite with an intrusive sill (diagonal, centre). Monzogranites are rocks composed of biotite granite that are considered to be the final fractionation product of

Lake Rotomahana, New Zealand C016 / 6065
Mount Tarawera and Lake Rotomahana, Rotorua, New Zealand. Photographed during the voyage of HMS Challenger (1872-1876). This scientific expedition, organised by the Royal Society

Limestone pavement C018 / 0049
Limestone pavement, the Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland

Underwater limestone cave formations C015 / 3977
Underwater limestone cave formations with scuba divers. These formations are in Chandelier Cave, located near Koror, in Palau, a group of islands in Micronesia, in the Western Pacific Ocean

Underwater limestone cave formations. These formations are in Chandelier Cave, located near Koror, in Palau, a group of islands in Micronesia, in the Western Pacific Ocean

Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, USA C014 / 4485
Carlsbad Caverns. Limestone formations inside a cave. Stalactites and stalagmites are secondary cave formations that form when dissolved calcium minerals are precipitated out of solution

Hoodoo rock formation. Hoodoos are tall spires of eroded sedimentary rock with a piece of harder rock on top, which protects the spire below from the elements

Patterns in dolostone coastal rocks C017 / 8490
Patterns in dolostone coastal rocks. These lines, splits and shapes have formed in a flat dolostone bed of coastal rocks. They formed due to extension and compression forces acting on the rocks

Patterns in dolostone coastal rocks C017 / 8489
Patterns in dolostone coastal rocks. These lines, splits and shapes have formed in a flat dolostone bed of coastal rocks. They formed due to extension and compression forces acting on the rocks

Patterns in dolostone coastal rocks C017 / 8488
Patterns in dolostone coastal rocks. These lines, splits and shapes have formed in a flat dolostone bed of coastal rocks. They formed due to extension and compression forces acting on the rocks

Ritten Earth Pillars C016 / 5828
Ritten Earth Pillars. These structures are tall spires of eroded rock with a piece of harder rock on top, which protects the spire below from the elements

Ritten Earth Pillars C016 / 5827
Ritten Earth Pillars. These structures are tall spires of eroded rock with a piece of harder rock on top, which protects the spire below from the elements

Ritten Earth Pillars C016 / 5825
Ritten Earth Pillars. These structures are tall spires of eroded rock with a piece of harder rock on top, which protects the spire below from the elements

Limestone pavement C016 / 5824
Limestone pavement. This limestone rock has been shaped by natural chemical erosion. Carbon dioxide in the air dissolves in rainwater to form carbonic acid

Agglomerate rock specimen C016 / 4936
Agglomerate rock specimen. Agglomerates form as coarse accumulations of fragments of volcanic rocks

Petrified oak, tree trunk fossil C016 / 4913
Petrified oak. Polished section of a fossil of the trunk of an oak tree (Quercus sp.). This specimen is approximately 33 centimetres across

Polarised LM of thin section of greywacke C013 / 4589
Polarised light micrograph of a thin section of Greywacke, a sedimentary rock composed of variously sized fragments in a generally fine matrix

Polarised LM of thin section of greywacke C013 / 4590
Polarised light micrograph of a thin section of Greywacke, a sedimentary rock composed of variously sized fragments in a generally fine matrix

Pygmy elephant tooth shown here next to one of normal size. Discovered around 1901 by Dorothea Bate (1878 - 1951)

Coquimbo, Chile
Illustration (p.366) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Raised beaches, Patagonis
Illustration (p.182) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Bridge of the Incas, Uspallata Pass
Illustration (p.357) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

St Helena
Illustration (p.517) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Berkeley Sound, Falkland islands
Illustration (p.214) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Skin from a Ground sloth
This rare sloth skin, one of the best examples of its kind, was found in a cave in Chile in the early 1900 s

Eimeo and barrier reef
Illustration (p.432) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Chalcostigma stanleyi vulcani, blue-mantled thornbill

Dermacentor andersoni, Rocky Mountain wood tick
This armoured tick species, the Rocky mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) is capable of causing paralysis

Moschus chrysogaster, alpine musk deer
Plate 191 from the collection of drawings of mammals and birds from Nepal, 1818-1858, by Bryan Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)

Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka

Montane rainforest canopy, Sri Lanka
View of montane rainforest canopy, The Peak Wilderness between Balangoda and Bogowantalawa, Sri Lanka

Lepus timidus hibernicus and Lepus timidus scoticus
Skins of Irish mountain hare and Scottish mountain hare. Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Adams Peak, Sri Lanka
A view of Adams Peak from the Nuwara Eliya area, Sri Lanka

Stercorarius skua, great skua
Plate 78 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Buteo lagopus, rough-legged buzzard
Plate 7 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

The Tower of Pelee, looking North
The breaking clouds and vapors uncovering the giant obelisk. Photograph taken June 13, 1902. Figure XXXII in Heilprin, A. (1908)

Mammuthus trogontherii, steppe mammoth
Cranium and tusks of this Pleistocene steppe mammoth found at Ilford, Essex, England on display at the Natural History Museum, London

The Piltdown (Skull) Gravel Pit
The site where the Pitdown specimens were claimed to have been discovered (1912-1915). Photograph believed to have been taken during the winter of 1913

Sterna caspia, Caspian tern
Plate 68 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

The Tower of Pelee, looking West-Southwest
View impressively showing the core-like extrusion from the cone of dome. Photograph taken June 13, 1903. Figure XXXIV in Heilprin, A

Geological timescale
A diagram showing geological time on earth as expressed in a spiral starting with earth in a molten state and progressing through deserts to the rise of mountain ranges and volcanoes

Drepanis pacifica, Hawaii mamo
Ff. 27, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Ursus speleaus, great cave bear
Fig. 28 from A History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds, by Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892), published in 12 parts, 1844-1846

Columba livia, rock dove
Plate 3 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, red-billed chough
Plate 62 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Turdus ulietensis (Turdus badius), bay thrush. Also known as
Ff. 146. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Turdus badius and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Morus bassanus, gannet
Plate 54 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Jezirat Halaniya, Oman
Jezirat Halaniya in the Kuria Muria Islands, the island group off the southeast coast of Oman. Photograph held in the John Murray Collection, the Natural History Museum, London. Z MSS SEW A74

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