A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Iron cemented layers in soil |
|---|---|
| Description | The rock hammer is resting on a layer of iron-oxide cemented sand. The cemented sand is courser than the sand in the surrounding sediments, and iron-oxide was likely precipitated by groundwater following a preferred path through the sediments. |
| Location | USA ▹ Georgia. Near Albany. About 50 miles north of Albany. |
| Photographer | Eric Brevik. 2002-11-14. |
| Key words | iron cementation, Georgia, soil |
| Tech details | 738 KB. Outcrop. 35mm, 200 ASA, print film. |
| GeoDIL number | 2964 |
| Copyright | Eric C. Brevik |