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Photo ID: hf8yad	Subject: Surface Processes	Description
	Appalachians; Erosional Features; Geomorphology; Mountains; Structural Geology; Surface Water; Water Erosion; Water Gaps	Aerial view of the Delaware Water Gap, Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania. From the air the structural origin of the ridges and valleys can be clearly seen and having about the same elevation, the ridges are refered to as even-crested ridges. The area exhibits examples of both accordant drainage and discordant drainage.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; Pennsylvania; Delaware Water Gap
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Photo ID: hgmyqx	Subject: Structure	Description
	Appalachians; Folds; Great Smoky Mountains; Mountains; Tectonics; Topography; Valley and Ridge Province	The Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee present a good example of the Valley and Ridge Province of the eastern United States.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; Tennessee; Great Smoky Mountains
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Photo ID: i8bmdv	Subject: Structure	Description
	Appalachians; Deformation; Folds; Paleozoic; Structural Analysis; Structural Geology; Synclines; Tectonics	These folded Paleozoic rock layers at Eagle Rock, Virginia are part of a large syncline and illustrate the deformation that has taken place in the Appalachian Mountains. View Geological Time Scale for this image.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; Virginia
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Photo ID: ij68im	Subject: Igneous Rocks	Description
	Basement; Crystallization; Dikes; Granitic Rocks; Igneous Intrusions; Intrusions; Intrusive Rocks; Plutonic Rocks; Precambrian	This is a 1992 photograph of an igneous intrusion into the basement Precambrian metamorphic rocks in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. View Geological Time Scale for this image.
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	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; United States; Appalachians; Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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