Igneous Land Off Limits
Uninhabited off limits zone in northern Georgia near border with Russia. Accessible only by foot with a special permit from Goergian border guard command. Well exposed horizontal stack of mafic columnar jointing in front, vertically tilted Middle-Jurassic gabbro-diabasic exposure in rear.
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- European Geosciences Union (334)
- Field (2821)
- Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (900)
- Geomorphology (1346)
- Tectonics and Structural Geology (569)
Location
- Asia (1058)
- Western Asia (300)
- Georgia (49)
- Exact location (44.4136 E, 42.6820 N)
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Taken on 11
June
2017
Submitted on Feb. 13, 2018
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
Credit
Luka Adikashvili (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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