Monterey Formation Gallery
Ribbon-bedded porcelanite and shale, Montana de Oro
Uppermost opal-CT beds at Mussel Rock
dolomite concretion
Dolomite concretions, Crystal Cove
Dolomite concretions, Crystal Cove
Folded strata at Crystal Cove
Chevron folds at Crystal Cove
"burnt" shale and dolomite, Palos Verdes
Folded dolomite and shale, Crystal Cove
Step-faulted dolostone bed, Crystal Cove
Siliceous shale, porcelanite, sandstone
Behl&Meike_TEM of opal-CT
Carboaceous Marlstone (black shale),Palos Verdes
Mussel Rock folded cherts
Chert lineations and joints, Vandenberg AFB
Chert dike & spheroid
Dolomite nodules in thin-bedded porcelanite, Palos Verdes
Detachment fold and chertification
Folded and faulted chert, Vandenberg AFB
I-mode joints in cherty porcelanite, not shale
strain partitioning
Chico Martinez Creek
Antelope, Chico Martinez Creek
breccia at Chico Martinez Creek
Chico Martinez Creek, Antelope Shale
Antelope, Chico Martinez Creek
Chico Martinez Creek, chert breccia
kink folds, Vandenberg AFB
porcelanite, shale at the Boat House, VAFB
Quartz chert and dolostone, Boat House, VAFB
PorPorcelanite, Montana de Oro
Chert Breccia, Lompoc Landing
Quartz chert, opal-CT porcelanite and fault
Late Quartz chert and porous opal-CT porcelanite
Carbonaceous Marl, Gaviota
Carbonaceous Marl, Gaviota
Slope gully sandstone, Gaviota
Brea conglomerate and sandstone, Gaviota
Chert conglomerate
Slope gully sandstone, Gaviota
Brecciated and shear fault zone, Arroyo Burro
Dolomite breccia
Dolomite breccia
Whale bone in dolostone nodule, Arroyo Burro
Whale bone in dolostone nodule, Arroyo Burro
Calcite fault breccia
Out of phase detachment folds
Faulted shale bed
Sheared & brecciated fault
Opal-CT chert breccia with oil
Opal-CT chert breccia with oil
Normal faults and detachment zone
dolostone and porcelanite
Basal Monterey draping Santa Cruz Island Volcanics
Phosphatic Shale, Lions Head
Dolomite with compaction tension gashes
Contorted quartz chert
Contorted quartz chert & porcelanite
Contorted quartz chert
Phosphatic Shale with porcelanite lenses
Ribbon-bedded porcelanite & Sgale, Shell Beach
Chert spheroid, Shell Beach
Bedding fracture above chert nodule
Brecciated siliceous shale
Calcareous porcelanite and shale
Oil seep, Shell Beach
Oil-oozing fracture, Shell Beach
Chert Spheroid
fold and incipient faulting, Shell Beach
Uppermost opal-CT porcelanite beds, Casmalia Hills
Uppermost opal-CT porcelanite beds, Casmalia Hills
Thin-bedded porcelanite, Arroyo Seco
Monterey in fault contact with volcanics, Santra Cruz Island
Uppermost opal-CT beds at Mussel Rock
Chert breccia at Mussel Rock
Oil oozing from chert breccia at Mussel Rock
Chert breccia at Mussel Rock
Mussel Rock
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Brecciated shale, Carpenteria
Carbonate-filled veins, Carpenteria
Monterey, Newport Back Bay
Sigmoidal partings, Chico Martinez Creek
Lower Calcareous-Siliceous Member, Carpenteria
Fracture patterns
Seep
Folding, Sweeney Road
Detachment folds, Sweeney Road
Vandenberg porcelanite
Weathered coprolite, with bone debris
Casmalia Hills, porcelanites
Jointed porcelanite, Gaviota Beach.
Opal-CT chert nodule in diatomite
Phosphatic marlstone
SEM photomicrograph of impure muddy diatomite
SEM photomicrograph of pure diatomite
SEM photomicrograph of pure diatomite
Saturated opal-CT chert breccia
Vertebrate fossils in diatomite
calcite fault breccia
chert spheroid
contorted chert bed
cross-cutting breccia zone
folded and brecciated chert
folded and brecciated opal-CT chert
folded and faulted quartz chert and dolostone
joint set
normal faults and jointed beds
oil saturated chert breccia
shortened quartz chert lamination
weathered dolomite
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Crystal Cove, Fossil 002
Dolomite nodules on bedding surface, GAviota Beach
Early-formed dolostone conretion in porcelanite
MARS LiDAR team at Montana de Oro
Fractures in more siliceous layers of horizontal core
AAPG Monterey workshop at CSULB
AAPG Core workshop at CSULB
AAPG Core workshop at CSULB
Cross-cutting, multilayer fracture sets, Montana de Oro
Bed-thickness control of joint-spacing, Lompoc Landing
Faulted and folded laminated chert