Portfolio with geomorphology and landscapes images + some words or short descriptions about type or origen of landforms. All photos are mine unless otherwise stated.
Links related to this portfolio:
· La geomorfología a través de la fotografía (in Spanish). Innovative web to study Geomorphology. Created by J. Mataix-Solera
· Geomorfología para todos. A Facebook page with thousands of pictures and explanations (in Spanish). Created by M. A. González Vásquez
Glacier landforms
Geothermal lagoon. The colour is due because the warm waters are rich in minerals like silica and sulphur
Glacier lake closed by an ancient glacial moraine
Colluvial deposit
Glacier erosion landforms. In the picture Jorge Mataix-Solera. Photo by Jorge E. Jaña
Glacier landforms
Morphologies developed in sandstones.
Morphologies developed in sandstones.
Glacier landforms
Polished and grooved rock due to glacial erosion. In the picture Jorge Mataix-Solera. Photo by Francis Moreno Young
Osorno volcano from Puerto Varas (Chile)
Glacier front
Karstic landforms over Jurassic limestones
Arch resulting from coastal erosion of cliffs
In the picture Ernesto García Sánchez
Coastal landforms. Erosion vs sedimentation processes: cliffs (erosional) and beach (sedimental)
Old Harry Rocks. White cliffs of “Chalk”: Cretaceous limestones
Granite landforms
Glacier lake closed by an ancient moraine
A landscape full of geysers and many geothermal features
Doline is a general term for a closed depression in an area of karst topography that is formed either by dissolution of the limestone or by collapse of underlying caves. The case of this picture is by dissolution
Columnar jointing in basalt
Karstic landforms over Jurassic limestones
Fossil dunes with clear cross-bedding internal structure
Moiry Glacier. Cirque glacier and residual forms as consequence of ice erosion
Granite landforms
Granite landforms
Granite landforms
Glacier erosion
Photo used for the cover of an issue of EGU Newsletter (https://cdn.egu.eu/static/8963cec/newsletter/eggs/eggs_21.pdf)
lake from glacier origen
A landscape full of geysers and many geothermal features. In the picture, around “Grand Prismatic Spring”
Morphology resulting of the interaction of coast erosion in clifts and karstic proccesses. In this case a doline on Carboniferous limestone
An erg (also sand sea or dune sea, or sand sheet if it lacks dunes) is a broad, flat area of desert covered with wind-swept sand with little or no vegetative cover. Photo courtesy of Stefan H. Doerr
Residual stack resulting from coastal erosion of cliffs when the roof of an arch colapsed
Inselberg: is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain
Photo courtesy of Patricia Quinto Medrano
Lapiaz, Karren or Lenar is a groove or hollow of small or medium dimensions, separated by partitions or rock walls in some acute cases resulting from exokarstic processes
Photo courtesy of Eutimio Martínez Crespo
Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine. It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate
The Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded by wind and water.
A landscape full of geysers and many geothermal features
A landscape full of geysers many geothermal features. In the picture, around “Grand Prismatic Spring”
Columnar jointing in basalt
Ripple-marks. They are sedimentary structures that are formed by the action of the water or wind on a sand substrate. The largest ones are called dunes, especially those of aeolian origin
A very good example of U shape valley from glacier origen in Spanish Pyrenees
Erosion vs sedimentation
Volcanic material exposed to wind erosion at 4500 m a.s.l.
Close to cumbre vieja summit after last eruption. HIRES-SOM Project
Geoforms developed on conglomerates