Strata Collection (#6)

Picture No. 11981487
Welcombe Beach - Sunset - Devon - UK Date:

Steps of limestone strata make a waterfall on the Rio Arazas, upper Ordesa Valley, Ordesa National Park, Pyrenees, Aragon, Spain, Europe

Cornish rock face
Close up of a Cornish rock face. circa 1946

Weathered Granite, Mourne Mountains - a view of exposed Granite strata on a hillside (see WAG 583). (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mournes). Date: circa early 1900s

Lias Shales at Portrush Indurated By Dykes - a side view of an escarpment showing strata alignment. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Portrush). Date: circa early 1900s

Magheralin, Moira, Boulder Clay Overlying Indurated Chalk - a ground level view of the rock strata with people in the foreground and horse and trap to the rear

Chalk Capped By Boulder Clay, Magheralin Quarry, Moira - a view of the quarry and exposed rock strata. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Moira). Date: circa early 1900s

Contorted Schists, Rossapena, North West Donegal - a close in view of whirled rock strata. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal; Rosapenna). Date: circa early 1900s

Indurated Chalk Capped By the Plateau Basalts, Whitewell Quarry, Belfast - a close in view of rock strata. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Transverse Dykes Or Sills in Triassic Sandstone, Scrabo. Newtownards - a view of strata in an exposed section of hillside. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Newtownards)

Thomas Sopwith (1803-1879) & geological models
Thomas Sopwith (1803 - 1879) was an eminent geologist and civil engineer who pioneered methods of representing geological features

Sopwith Model XII: Denudation of mineral veins
This model shows the influence of surface denudation and faulting on inclined strata, with increased complexity to the situation in Model VII

Sopwith Model VII: Surface denudation of veins
This model shows the influence of surface denudation and faulting on otherwise flat, horizontal strata. The discontinuity between the beds as viewed at the surface can be seen

Sopwith Models: denudation & faulting
Models showing the effect of denudation and faulting on how rock strata appear at the surface. Thomas Sopwith (1803 - 1879)

Sopwith Model II: Coal strata near Newcastle
Unlike the models of generic situations this representation of coal strata was specific to a particular surveyed location in England showing several thin, and mostly hidden, coal seams

Sopwith Model VII: Denudation of mineral veins
This model shows the influence of surface denudation and faulting on otherwise flat, horizontal strata. The discontinuity between the beds as viewed at the surface can be seen

Sopwith Model VI: Intersecting mineral veins
This Model, rather than representing the strata as they would appear at the surface, shows how a seam of coal can be displaced in the subsurface by various modes of faulting

Sopwith Model XI: Vertical intersecting veins
This model, when separated, shows the complex interface between faulted strata of rocks. Thomas Sopwith (1803 - 1879) was an eminent geologist

Sopwith Model XII: Mineral vein denudation
This model shows the influence of surface denudation and faulting on inclined strata, with increased complexity to the situation in Model VII

Sopwith Model VIII: Overcutting of strata
This model shows overcut strata: when the layers of rock are inclined at a gentler angle than the eroded slope, the resulting vee pattern points uphill

Sopwith Model VII: Surface denudation
This model shows the influence of surface denudation and faulting on otherwise flat, horizontal strata. The discontinuity between the beds as viewed at the surface can be seen

Sopwith Model X: Denuded basset of strata
This model shows undercut strata: when the layers of rock are inclined at a steeper angle than the eroded slope, the resulting vee pattern points downhill

Sopwith Model V: Dislocations of coal strata
This model shows that while very little coal may appear at ground level, coal seams (subject to faults and dislocations) can be found below the ground

Sopwith Model IV: Fallacious coal indications
This model depicts the scenario where from the surface an abundance of coal appears to exist, but there is actually very little quantity below

Sopwith Model III: Dislocation of strata
This model represents the side of a valley of denudation, with undisturbed horizontal beds of sedimentary rock when fully assembled

Sopwith Model I: Stratified rocks / denudation
Black lines in this model represent coal seams, between lighter shales and sandstones. When separated the lower section shows a gently inclined valley floor

Sopwith Model II: Coal strata nr Newcastle
Unlike the models of generic situations this representation of coal strata was specific to a particular surveyed location in England showing several thin, and mostly hidden, coal seams

Cover of Thomas Sopwiths Geological Model Set
Thomas Sopwith (1803 - 1879) was an eminent geologist and civil engineer who pioneered methods of representing geological features

Thomas Sopwiths Geological Model Set
Thomas Sopwith (1803 - 1879) was an eminent geologist and civil engineer who pioneered methods of representing geological features

Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces in the Early Morning, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Terraces, Mammoth Hot Springs; Yellowstone National Park; Wyoming; USA
Terraces, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Mammoth Hot Springs Terracaes, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Zion National Park, Utah. USA. Great White Throne above grasses. View from Virgin River flood plain in Zion Canyon

Zion National Park, Utah. USA. Towers of the Virgin in winter. Zion Canyon

Zion National Park, Utah. USA. Light of winter sunset on East Temple. Zion Canyon

Zion National Park, Utah. USA. Timber Top Mountain at sunset in winter. Kolob Canyons

Temple of Sinawava Waterfall Red Rock Wall Zion Canyon National Park Utah Southwest
Temple of Sinawava Waterfall, Red Rock Wall, Zion Canyon National Park, Utah

Bentonite Hills, Hanksville, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, USA

Zion National Park, Utah. USA. Snow on cliffs & conifers. Zion Canyon
Zion National Park, Utah. USA. Snow on cliffs and conifers. Zion Canyon

USA, Utah, Zion National Park. Pine tree sihouetted against rock strata. Credit as
USA, Utah, Zion National Park. Pine tree silhouetted against rock strata. Credit as: Bill Young / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Painted Hills, sunset, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Mitchell, Oregon, USA
Painted Hills at Sunset from the Overlook John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Mitchell, Oregon, USA

Painted Hills from the Heights, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Mitchell, Oregon, USA

Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument; Mitchell; Oregon; USA
Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Mitchell, Oregon, USA

Travertine Hot Springs, Bridgeport, California USA
Travertine Hot Springs, Bridgeport, California, USA

Sunset over the Sierra Nevada from Mono Lake, Mono Basin National Scenic Area, California, USA

Manly Beacon at Dawn, Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Sunrise, Bright Angel Point, North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA

USA, Arizona, Grand Canyon. The Colorado River winding through the Grand Canyon

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