Missourian Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 If that really was Kansas, all our favorite lawn weeds would be covering the slope. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Here's a mind-blower I just came across: Danxia National Geological Park of Zhangye, China. Image by Eric Pheterson, reproduced under Creative Commons License. Link to Wikipedia article: LINK "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 WOW! Is that really real? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 On 12/27/2014 at 12:23 PM, Auspex said: Here's a mind-blower I just came across: Zhangye_Danxia.jpg Danxia National Geological Park of Zhangye, China. Image by Eric Pheterson, reproduced under Creative Commons License. Link to Wikipedia article: LINK Ooooh.... That looks like a pastel drawing. The geology of China can be almost audacious at times. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 WOW! Is that really real? Ooooh.... That looks like a pastel drawing. The geology of China can be almost audacious at times. I was going to say 'surreal' earlier, but after the April 1st Mars/Tonganoxie Sandstone post, I daren't say anything. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 A unique representation of the Pennsylvanian limestone in Kansas City is the recently-built IRS processing center downtown. The building portrays a transition between the nearby neoclassical old post office (now part of the IRS complex), and the exposed limestone strata and retaining walls present nearby: (Image courtesy of BNIM.com) The strata shown in the diagram is the Raytown Limestone, but I'm sure the more prominent Argentine Limestone served as the inspiration. A comparison of the building and a nearby outcrop: 1 Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 Argentine Limestone, Pennsylvanian Kansas City, Missouri: 1 Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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