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Pine Marten, Adirondacks

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Callan Bentley

Hello everyone, I’m back in my office after 7 weeks away. I had some great travels this summer, to Turkey, Montana, and New England… and great geological photos to share from each of those locations. I’m going to start off with something non-geological, though: something furry and alive! That, my friends, is a pine marten, [...]

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Folds of New York

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Callan Bentley

Thursday is ‘fold day’ here at Mountain Beltway. Let’s take a look at some folds I saw last weekend in New York City. We’ll start with a bunch seen in the Manhattan Schist in Central Park. Here’s an example of the foliation in the schist. It’s got finer-grained regions and coarser, schistier regions with big [...]

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Rusty weathering rind

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Callan Bentley

On a granite block

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Giant ground sloths

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Callan Bentley

In the American Museum of Natural History: These mylodontids reminded me of Puerto Natales…

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Where I am today

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Callan Bentley

Graphics by USGS, after Schuberth, 1967.

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