Fractured Serpentinite
by David Tanner, Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Hannover, Germany
Regularly-spaced, anastomosing fractures in serpentinite. Sample from the Franciscan melange, Pacific coast of San Francisco. No wonder they fracture- serpentinization increases the volume of the rock by more than 30%!
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- North America (742)
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- United States of America (386)
- Exact location (-122.4784 W, 37.8069 N)
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Canon EOS 1100D
Taken on 14
December
2014
Submitted on Jan. 14, 2015
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David Tanner (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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