Igneous Activity and Metamorphic Rocks - Part 2

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Kingdome (now destroyed) and Mt Ranier (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Ship Rock, New Mexico (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Ship Rock and Dike (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Ship Rock from Air (Photo by John Harrington)

Shiprock Dike Wall (Photo by Jim Mueller)

Devil's Tower (Photo by Jim Mueller)

*Diabase Dike Cutting Granite (Photo © Duncan Heron) Winnsboro, SC

Dike (Weathered) Cutting Triassic Sediments (Photo © Duncan Heron) Durham County, NC

Dike forming Ridge (Photo by John Harrington)

Dike on Mt Moran, Grand Tetons National Park (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Boulders from Weathered Dike, Duke University West Campus (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Contact of Dike & Country Rock (Photo © Duncan Heron) Duke University West Campus

Map of Duke University West Campus Dike (Mapping by Duncan Heron)

Sill in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scot. (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Dip Slope of Sill (Photo © Duncan Heron) Edinburgh, Scot.

Sill - Country Rock Contact (Photo © Duncan Heron) Edinburgh, Scot.

Stone Mt, GA from Air (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Geologic Map of Ring Dike

Generalized Geologic Map of Durham, NC Area (Source, Region J COG)

Dike with Inclusions (Xenoliths) (Photo © Duncan Heron) Bacon Quarry, Orange County, NC

Granitic Rock with Inclusions (Photo © Duncan Heron) Bacon Quarry, Orange County, NC

*Contact Metamorphism Adjacent to Dike (Photo © Duncan Heron) Durham County, NC

Contact Zone (White) Adjacent to Dike (Photo © Duncan Heron) Winnsboro, SC

Closeup of Contact Zone (Photo © Duncan Heron) Winnsboro, SC

*Small Thrust Fault (Photo © Duncan Heron) East TN

Caticlastic Texture Produced by Dynamic Metamorphism (From a Thin Section by Sherman Bloomer)

Hydrothermal Coloring of Yellowstone River Canyon (Photo © Duncan Heron) Yellowstone National Park

Grand Geyser Heated by Cooling Igneous Rocks (Photo © Duncan Heron) Yellowstone National Park

Norris Basin Hydrothermal Zone (Photo © Duncan Heron) Yellowstone National Park

Example of Ancient Hydrothermal Activity, Hillsborough, NC Pyrophyllite Mine (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Pyrophyllite Mineral (Photo © Duncan Heron) Hillsborough, NC

*Gneiss (Photo © Duncan Heron) Northwestern South Carolina

Closeup of Gneiss (Photo © Duncan Heron) Northwestern South Carolina

*Schist Showing Foliation (Photo © Duncan Heron) Western North Carolina

Thin Section of Schist

Slaty Rock Cleavage (Photo © Duncan Heron) Arvonia, VA

Large Scale Cleavage Plane (Photo © Duncan Heron) Arvonia, VA

Recrystallization of Limestone Makes Marble (Photo © Duncan Heron) Canada

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