index of Opal's Pals
As of 4/13/18
 144 geology cartoons and illustrations   









 

 

                                                                                                                                    
* indicates my favorites

Our place in the Universe
       Big Bang theory*
properties  of matter
       atomic number    atomic mass number  isotopes   
       proton and electron   nuclear fusion  
       radioactivity-alpha decay   ions
minerals 
        hardness-resistance to scratching   hardness-talc  
        crystal structure   silica tetrahedron   conchoidal fracture   
        friability    fracture    mica book   cryptocrystalline   
        phantom crystal   density  fluorescence   magnetic *  
        toughness *     feldspar   transparency *
gemstones

        gemstones-cabochons     gemstones-faceted gemstones
        carat   karat

igneous rocks
        rocks-intro    igneous rocks    magmatic stoping 
        gravitational magmatic segregation   pumice
        porphyry and phenocryst    vesicular basalt *
        petrologist*  shield volcano   cinder cone  
        flood basalt   maar   volcanism-lava   fumarole  
        pillow lavas  Aa lava    composite volcano  
        partial melting  hydrogen sulfide/sulfur dioxide  
        viscosity   sill   laccolith   pluton  assimilation
        Weller's spaghetti theory of magma *   rock cycle *

weathering and soils
        soil layers     leaching    caliche 
        hematite    boulder    saprolite
sedimentary rocks
        chalk    immature and mature sandstones
        conglomerate    breccia    mud cracks   amber
        evaporites   halite/sylvite    graded bedding
metamorphic rocks
        marble  country rock *   epidote   garnet
        contact metamorphism   regional metamorphism
        schist/gneiss    sillimanite   diamond formation*                                            
mass wastage
        creep    scarp    slump    hockeystick tree
streams and rivers 
        stream energy    stream competence
        erosion/deposition    stream profile/base level
        stream load    gravel bar    sheetwash
        point bar    outer bank erosion    headwaters *
        saltation   laminar and turbulent flows
        entrenched meander    drainage basin   levee
        eddy *
groundwater and caves
        geyser     artesian well     natural spring
        water table    cone of depression
        porosity    permeability    hydraulic head                              
        stalactites and stalagmites    aquifer
        geothermal gradient     making a cave
        groundwater costs    contaminant plume
        living cave *
glaciers
        glacial ice-firn    fiord *
wind and deserts
        sand dune-barchan    alluvial fan  
        saltation of sand
earthquakes
        epicenter     Mercalli scale   aftershocks
        seismogram    P and S waves *
        focus and epicenter     animal behavior *
inner structure of the Earth
        core
tectonics
        anticline fold    syncline fold   normal fault  
        strike slip fault    thrust fault     folds
        slickensides
plate tectonics
        subduction and Benioff zones    partial melting
        convection    seafloor spreading     trench 
        formation of mid-Atlantic Ridge *

copyright 2018, Roger Weller
wellerr@cochise.edu  
 

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