A dome is a feature in structural geology where a circular part of the Earth's surface has been pushed upward, tilting the pre-existing layers of earth...
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A salt dome is a type of structural dome formed when salt (or other evaporite minerals) intrudes into overlying rocks in a process known as diapirism...
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In structural geology, a fold is a stack of originally planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, that are bent or curved ("folded") during permanent...
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Half Dome is a quartz monzonite batholith at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is a well-known rock formation...
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Upheaval Dome is an enigmatic geological structure in San Juan County, Utah, United States, that has been variously interpreted as a meteorite impact...
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Sentinel Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, United States. It lies on the south wall of Yosemite Valley, 0.8 miles (1.3 km) southwest of...
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Kuwohi (redirect from Clingman's Dome)
Kuwohi (Cherokee: ᎫᏩᎯ, also known as Clingmans Dome, its former official name) is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina...
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geology of the area. In respect of its key role in the development of volcanology as a geoscience discipline, the Puy-de-Dôme and Petite-Puy-de-Dôme volcanoes...
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Richat Structure (category Geologic domes)
pouch that is used to draw water from local wells. It is an eroded geological dome, 40 kilometres (25 mi) in diameter caused by a subsurface igneous intrusion...
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Geology of the Yosemite area "Fresno Dome, California". Peakbagger.com. "Fresno Dome". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey...
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In geology, a resurgent dome is a dome formed by swelling or rising of a caldera floor due to movement in the magma chamber beneath it. Unlike a lava...
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Mono–Inyo Craters (redirect from Obsidian Dome)
The Mono–Inyo Craters are a volcanic chain of craters, domes and lava flows in Mono County, Eastern California. The chain stretches 25 miles (40 km) from...
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Vredefort impact structure (redirect from Vredefort Dome)
after Yarrabubba. In 2005, the Vredefort Dome was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites for its geologic interest. The asteroid that hit Vredefort...
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Mount St. Helens (redirect from Goat Rocks dome)
Schilling, Steve (30 May 2008). MSH08 aerial: New dome from north 30 May 2008 (photo). United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 26 June...
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Gulf Coast Salt Domes" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 5 March 2014. King, Hobart. "What is a Salt Dome?". Geology.com. Retrieved April...
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resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. Dome may also refer to: Geodesic dome Monolithic dome Dome (geology), a deformational feature consisting of...
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precipitous. "North Dome, California". Peakbagger.com. "North Dome". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States...
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Glossary of landforms (category Geology-related lists)
descriptions of redirect targets Dome – Geological deformation structure Drumlin – Elongated hill formed by glacial action Granite dome – Rounded hills of bare...
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Grande Rift, which stretches from Mexico to Colorado. Tomichi Dome – 1907 Tumitche Dome Geology portal Geography portal North America portal United States...
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Geology (from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) 'earth' and λoγία (-logía) 'study of, discourse') is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other...
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Dome A or Dome Argus is the highest ice dome on the Antarctic Plateau, located 1,200 km (750 mi) inland. It is thought to be the coldest naturally occurring...
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"Lembert Dome, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2008-11-24. "Lembert Dome". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey,...
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Nevada Falls also crosses through Half Dome Granodiorite. Cathedral Peak Granodiorite El Capitan Granite Geology of the Yosemite area Johnson Granite Porphyry...
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Dresser Formation (category Geology of Western Australia)
Dresser Formation is a Paleoarchean geologic formation that outcrops as a generally circular ring of hills the North Pole Dome area of the East Pilbara Terrane...
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Long Valley Caldera (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Geological Survey)
west. Near the center of the bowl, magmatic uplift has formed a resurgent dome. The southeastern slope from the caldera down towards Bishop, California...
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Dome, and North and South Whizz Domes are north. Josiah Whitney the head of California Geological Survey wrote in 1863 about Pywiack Dome in Geology:...
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Ozarks (redirect from Ozark Dome)
miles (10.0 km) east of Boston, Madison County, Arkansas. Geologically, the area is a broad dome with the exposed core in the ancient St. Francois Mountains...
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Cima Dome have all been at the surface the same amount of time as the solid lava flows right next to them. He wrote in a July 1995 article in Geology, that...
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Laccolith (category Geologic domes)
A laccolith is a body of intrusive rock with a dome-shaped upper surface and a level base, fed by a conduit from below. A laccolith forms when magma (molten...
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