Photographing fossils - geologic resources division
GIP Julie Rozen helping to photograph fossils for park website at Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado & Utah.
Making a cast - National Parks Gallery
Paleontology GIP at Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado & Utah, Paleontology GIP Rachel Grandpre using plaster to make a cast.
Florissant Fossil Beds: Excavating fossils
Jamie Fearon, GIP, excavating fossils at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado.
Archeological lithic resources - National Parks Gallery
Figure 13. Photographs of lithic resources. In the upper photograph, a bird sits on a metate made of Early Proterozoic granitic rock, which is a specimen of the oldest rock unit in the monument. In the lower ph... More
Preparing fossil to be cataloged
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado, GeoCorps Intern, Laura Clarke, is preparing a fossil to be cataloged and put into park collections.
Creating a mold - National Parks Gallery
Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado & Utah, Paleontology GIP Mindy Homan creating a mold of tracks from a rock brought back to the lab.
Earthquakes and Coastal Landscapes—Copalis River, Washington
Trees along the Washington coast were killed by salt-water invasion when the land suddenly dropped during the last great Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake in the year 1700.
Glacier Processes: Lyell Glacier (Yosemite National Park) Retreat
Photo pairs show the retreat of the Lyell Glacier (Yosemite National Park) from 1883 to 2015. Park scientists throughout the National Park Service study glaciers to understand the effects of climate change in t... More
Historic photographs associated with Theodore Roosevelt Dam
Figure 4. Historic photographs associated with Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The upper photograph, taken in 1898, shows the area where the US Bureau of Reclamation would build Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The location, or... More
Bowen's Reaction Series - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
In the early 1900's N. L. Bowen determined that different minerals crystallize at different temperatures during the cooling of magma. This chart demonstrates the reaction rates.
San Andreas Fault—Fault Trail - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Point Reyes National Seashore, California. An offset fence line reveals the 16 feet (5 meters) of lateral ground breakage that occured as the San Andreas Fault suddenly let loose during the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
Middle Rocky Mountains - National Parks Gallery
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Fresh-Water Ray - National Parks Gallery
"Heliobatis radians" is a prehistoric stingray which lived in fresh water lakes during the Eocene. Fossils of "Heliobatis" have been found in rocks within and around Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming.
National parks: Stromatolites - public domain image
Figure 6. Photographs of stromatolites. The Mescal Limestone at the monument contains ancient microbial mats known as stromatolites. The mats form is shallow water, trapping, binding, and cementing sediments in... More
Scale Trees - geologic resources division
Lepidodendron sp. is an early complex plant, sometimes called a scale tree. It lived during the Late Paleozoic. Fossils of Lepidodendron have been found at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, and New River Go... More
Central Lowlands - geologic resources division
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National parks: Florida - public domain image
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Coastal Plain (Western Gulf) - Public domain map
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National parks: Georgia - public domain image
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Valley and Ridge - National Parks Gallery
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Colorado Plateaus - geologic resources division
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Wyoming Basin - geologic resources division
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Sauropod Dinosaur - geologic resources division
"Apatosaurus louisae" is large plant eating sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Jurassic Fossils of "Apatosaurus" have been discovered at Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah.
Provinces of WI_MI - National Parks Gallery
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Fossil Cycadeoid and Herbivorous Dinosaur
"Cycadeoidea pulcherrima" is an example of an extinct group of seed plants known as cycadeoids. These plants lived during the Cretaceous. A small dinosaur known as "Hypsilophodon wielandi" is shown with the cyc... More
National parks: Virginia - public domain image
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National parks: Montana - public domain image
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National parks: California - public domain image
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National parks: Alabama - public domain image
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National parks: Florida - public domain image
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Cross section of terraces in the Tonto Basin
Figure 12. Generalized cross section of terraces in the Tonto Basin. At the time of the Salado occupation of the Tonto Basin (1150 to 1450 CE), Pleistocene landforms (e.g., pediments, terraces, and alluvial fan... More
National parks: Oreodont - public domain image
"Miniochoerus gracilis" is a small plant eating mammal known as an oreodont. This animal lived during the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene. Fossils of "Miniochoerus" have been found at Badlands National Park, So... More
National parks: Tennessee - public domain image
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National parks: Washington - public domain image
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Northern Rocky Mountains - National Parks Gallery
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Interior Low Plateaus - National Parks Gallery
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Provinces of MO_AR - National Parks Gallery
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Provinces of Oregon - National Parks Gallery
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National parks: Stromatolites - public domain image
"Collenia symmetrica" is an early fossil It shows layers of sand trapped by tiny organisms (mostly cyanobacteria) into mounds that we call stromatolites. Stromatolites are some of the earliest and most widespre... More
Stegosaur Dinosaur - geologic resources division
"Stegosaurus ungulatus" is a plant eating dinosaur that lived during the Jurassic The drawing shows an adult and juvenile "Stegosaurus". This is based on fossils from the Morrison Formation at Dinosaur National... More
Hagerman Fossil Beds - Hagerman Horse
"Equus simplicidens" is an extinct species of horse known as the “Hagerman Horse”. This animal lived during the Pliocene. Fossils of "Equus simplicidens" have been found at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Idaho.
National parks: Aetosaur - public domain image
"Desmatosuchus spurensis" is a plant eating reptile ( that lived during the Triassic Fossils of "Desmatosuchus" have been found at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
National parks: Ohio - public domain image
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National parks: Illinois - public domain image
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National parks: Wyoming - public domain image
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National parks: Massachusetts - public domain image
Physiographic provinces of Massachusetts (including Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island)
Provinces of Nebransas - National Parks Gallery
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National parks: Scallop - public domain image
"Chesapecten jeffersonius" is an extinct scallop that lived during the Pliocene. It is the Virginia State Fossil. Fossils of "Chesapecten jeffersonius" have been found at Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia.
Provinces of N_Mexico - National Parks Gallery
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New Mexico - geologic resources division
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National parks: Idaho - public domain image
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Long-horned Bison - National Parks Gallery
"Bison latifrons" is an extinct species of bison (buffalo) that lived during the Pleistocene. Fossils of "Bison latifrons" have been found at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Texas, and Tule Springs Foss... More
Coastal Plain (Sea Islands) - Public domain map
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Southern Rocky Mountains Province - Public domain map
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National parks: Plesiosaur - public domain image
"Dolichorhynchops osborni" is a reptile that swam in the oceans. This reptile was a short-necked plesiosaur that lived during the Cretaceous Fossils of "Dolichorhynchops" have been found at Little Bighorn Battl... More
Columbia Plateau - geologic resources division
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National parks: Nebraska - public domain image
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Florissant Fossil Beds: Ancient Wasp
"Palaeovespa florissantia" is a prehistoric wasp This flying insect lived during the Eocene. Fossils of "Palaeovespa" have been found in rocks within and around Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado.
Provinces of MO_AR - National Parks Gallery
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Tonto national monument - Cliff Dwellings
The cliff dwellings at Tonto National Monument sit among hills composed of Early and Middle Proterozoic (2.5-billion- to 1.0-billion-year-old) rocks. Talus and colluvium composed of these rocks mantle the slope... More
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National parks: Maryland - public domain image
Physiographic provinces of Maryland (including Delaware, New Jersey, and Washington DC)
The Action is at The Edges - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Earth’s outer shell is broken into tectonic plates that move relative to one another. The plates rip apart at divergent plate boundaries, crash together at convergent plate boundaries, and slide past each other... More
Dripping Spring Quartzite - National Parks Gallery
Rocks of the colorful Dripping Spring Quartzite crop out along the trail to the Lower Cliff Dwelling.
North Dakota - geologic resources division
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National parks: Missouri - public domain image
Physiographic provinces of Missouri (including Arkansas)
National parks: Indiana - public domain image
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Passive Continental Margin—Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida and...
The edge of the Gulf of Mexico is a passive continental margin formed as South America and the Yucatan Peninsula ripped away from North America, forming beautiful beaches and barrier islands.
Tonto National Monument location map
Figure 1. Location map. Tonto National Monument is in the transition zone between two physiographic provinces: Colorado Plateau to the north and Basin and Range to the south. The monument is one of many NPS are... More
National parks: Crayfish - public domain image
"Enoploclytia porteri" is a prehistoric crayfish that lived during the Triassic Fossils of "Enoploclytia" have been found at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.
Saber-toothed Cat - National Parks Gallery
"Smilodon gracilis" is a saber tooth cat. This big cat lived during the Pleistocene. Fossils of "Smilodon" have been found at Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, Nevada, and Valley Forge National Histor... More
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National parks: Arizona - public domain image
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National parks: Delaware - public domain image
Physiographic provinces of Delaware (including Maryland, New Jersey, and Washington DC)
Quaternary faults near Tonto - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
Figure 18. Annotated imagery of Quaternary faults near Tonto National Monument. The closest active fault to the monument (outlined in green) is the Sugarloaf fault zone to the west, which moved less than 130,00... More
National parks: Colorado - public domain image
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Fresh-Water Fish - National Parks Gallery
"Diplomystus dentatsus" is a prehistoric herring like fish. It lived in fresh water lakes during the Eocene Fossils of Diplomystus have been found in rocks within and around Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming.
Continental Rift Zone Landscapes—Lava Beds National Monument (Labeled)
Lava Beds National Monument, California. Tule Lake basin is partially filled with sediments and lava flows.
Provinces of Penn - National Parks Gallery
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Piedmont Province - geologic resources division
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Great Plains - geologic resources division
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Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico
hikers on hill slope with valley and hills in background The explosive volcanic activity that formed the giant crater (“caldera”) is due to silica-rich (granitic) magma formed as hot asthenosphere rises and mel... More
South Carolina - geologic resources division
Physiographic provinces of South Carolina (including Georgia)
Big Bend National Park - Early Primate
"Plesiadapis gidleyi" is an early primate that lived during the Paleocene. Fossils of "Plesiadapis" have been found at Big Bend National Park, Texas, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota.
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National parks: Maine - public domain image
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National parks: Louisiana - public domain image
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Provinces of Illinois - National Parks Gallery
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National parks: Wisconsin - public domain image
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Blue Ridge Province - National Parks Gallery
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Provinces of Arizona - National Parks Gallery
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North Carolina - geologic resources division
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