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Ultramafic rocks, Table Mountain, Newfoundland
No full textUltramafic rocks on the broad plateau at Table Mountain, Newfoundland. Part of an ophiolite sequence involving oceanic crust and mantle rocks. Metals in the rocks and lack of calcium limit plant growth. 1: U Maine group - Tom Weddle (MGS), Roger Hooke (UM), Steve Norton (UM), Joe Kelley (UM), George Jacobsen (UM), Julia Daly (UMF). Project Name: Marvinney Historical Photoshttps://digitalmaine.com/mgs_geologic_field_photos/37054/thumbnail.jp
U-shaped valley, Western Brook Pond
No full textU-shaped glaciated valley carved into Precambrian gneiss, Western Brook Pond, Newfoundland. Fiord valley Project Name: Marvinney Historical Photoshttps://digitalmaine.com/mgs_geologic_field_photos/37066/thumbnail.jp
Broom Point, Newfoundland
No full textBroom Point looking toward Western Brook Pond valley, Newfoundland Project Name: Marvinney Historical Photoshttps://digitalmaine.com/mgs_geologic_field_photos/37071/thumbnail.jp
Ultramafic rocks, Table Mountain, Newfoundland
No full textUltramafic rocks exposed on Table Mountain are part of an ophiolite sequence including oceanic crust and mantle rocks. Images show examples of cumulate layering in the ultramafic rocks and some thin chromitite layers. Project Name: Marvinney Historical Photoshttps://digitalmaine.com/mgs_geologic_field_photos/37076/thumbnail.jp
The Arches, Newfoundland
No full textNatural arches formed by wave action in Ordovician dolomitic conglomerate. Project Name: Marvinney Historical Photoshttps://digitalmaine.com/mgs_geologic_field_photos/37079/thumbnail.jp
Limestone pavement, Hawkes Bay, Newfoundland
No full textPavement on Cambrian limestone with nearly horizontal bedding. The surface is a natural bedding plane. Glacial striations are abundant, Project Name: Marvinney Historical Photoshttps://digitalmaine.com/mgs_geologic_field_photos/37081/thumbnail.jp
Convolute bedding in Northeast Carry Formation at Seboomook Dam
No full textConvolute bedding in the Northeast Carry Formation, part of the Seboomook Group, at Seboomook Dam. There are many turbidite features in the large ledges below the dam Project Name: Marvinney Historical Photoshttps://digitalmaine.com/mgs_geologic_field_photos/36861/thumbnail.jp
Graded beds, Ironbound Mountain Formation
No full textGraded beds in the Ironbound Mountain Formation of the Seboomook Group (Silurian-Devonian). Project Name: Marvinney Historical Photoshttps://digitalmaine.com/mgs_geologic_field_photos/36869/thumbnail.jp
Conglomerate on Sally Mountain
No full textConglomerate (Silurian) on Sally Mountain. Pebbles and cobbles are mostly derived from the underlying Attean pluton (Ordovician), described as a quartz monzonite. Matrix is mostly quartz sand with some feldspar grains. Project Name: Marvinney Historical Photoshttps://digitalmaine.com/mgs_geologic_field_photos/36884/thumbnail.jp
Columnar joints, garnet rhyolite
No full textColumnar joints in garnet rhyolite, part of the Devonian Tarratine Formation Project Name: Marvinney Historical Photoshttps://digitalmaine.com/mgs_geologic_field_photos/36919/thumbnail.jp