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Microscopic views

Geology under the microscope

Microscopes reveal an entirely different view of the universe.  Here are a few stories that  help to inform us about how things work.

Microscopic Views

Sliced thin; kaleidoscopes with a geological purpose

Sliced thin; time and process recorded in igneous rocks

Sliced thin; the unfolding story of sandstone

Sliced thin; the universe revealed in microfossils

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dip and strike compass
Measuring dip and strike
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Classification of sandstones
Calcite cemented subarkose, Proterozoic Altyn Fm. southern Alberta
Sandstones in thin section
poles to bedding great circles
Stereographic projection – poles to planes
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Fluid flow: Froude and Reynolds numbers
Stokes Law for particle settling in a schematic context of other fluid flow functions
Fluid flow: Stokes Law and particle settling
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Classification of sedimentary basins
Model are representational descriptions are written in different languages - diagrammatic, descriptive, mathematical, and conceptual. They commonly contain variables and dimensionless quantities that permit quantitative analysis of the physical systems the models represent.
Geological models
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