Category:Geology of the United States

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geology of the United States of America

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mineral resources of the United States

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Q2750129 Library of Congress authority ID: sh85054080 BabelNet ID: 13838545n

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This category has the following 93 subcategories, out of 93 total.

Geology of the United States by era‎ (2 C)
Geology of the United States by geochronology‎ (47 C)
Geology of the United States by location‎ (10 C)
Geology of the United States by period‎ (5 C)
Geology of the United States by region‎ (1 C)
Geology of the United States by volcano‎ (11 C)

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Biogeology of the United States‎ (16 C, 9 F)
Cave geology of the United States‎ (2 C)
Geologic groups of the United States‎ (42 C)
Geomorphology of the United States‎ (37 C, 3 F)
Glaciology of the United States‎ (21 C, 13 F)
Historical geology of the United States‎ (5 C, 12 F)
History of geology in the United States‎ (8 C, 1 F)
Hydrology of the United States‎ (31 C, 354 F)
Mineralogy of the United States‎ (12 C, 3 F)
Paleontology in the United States‎ (37 C, 23 F)
Petrology of the United States‎ (20 C, 15 F)
Sedimentology of the United States‎ (48 C, 7 F)
Seismology in the United States‎ (8 C, 21 F)
Stratigraphy of the United States‎ (49 C, 20 F)
Structural geology of the United States‎ (23 C, 5 F)
Volcanology in the United States‎ (17 C, 29 F)

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Books about the geology of the United States‎ (31 C, 40 F)
Scientific articles regarding the geology of the United States‎ (7 C)
Geological cross sections of the United States‎ (8 C, 44 F)
Geological diagrams of the United States‎ (12 C, 3 F)
Geological maps of the United States‎ (18 C, 144 F)

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1812 New Madrid earthquake‎ (11 F)

A

Alleghenian Orogeny‎ (1 C, 7 F)
Anticlines in the United States‎ (5 C, 25 F)
Appalachian Orogeny‎ (2 C, 2 F)
Appalachian Plateau‎ (1 C)
Aquifers in the United States‎ (17 C, 44 F)

B

Bedrock geology of the United States‎ (3 C, 7 F)
Bone Wars‎ (4 C, 4 F)

C

CAMP (LIP)‎ (1 C, 3 F)
Canadian Shield‎ (6 C, 32 F)
Cascadia Subduction Zone‎ (2 C, 8 F)
Clinker in the United States‎ (4 C, 1 F)
Coal in the United States - geological literature‎ (1 C, 3 F)
Coal in the United States - literature‎ (3 C, 8 F)

D

Deposition (geology) in the United States‎ (12 C)
Development of the Great Lakes‎ (4 C, 5 F)

E

Effects of tectonics in the United States‎ (2 C)

F

Fault zones in the United States‎ (12 C, 12 F)
Faults in the United States‎ (19 C, 30 F)
Folds in the United States‎ (10 C, 5 F)
Fossils of the United States‎ (19 C, 20 F)

G

Geodes from the United States‎ (7 F)
Geohazards in the United States‎ (16 C, 2 F)
Geologic formations of the United States‎ (186 C, 18 F)
Geological instruments in the United States‎ (2 C)
Geological research in the United States between 1910 and 1950‎ (1 F)
Geology of the United States in the 19th century‎ (6 C, 7 F)
Geysers and hot springs of the United States‎ (3 C, 1 F)

I

ICESCAPE‎ (36 F)
Intrusions (geology) in the United States‎ (8 C, 3 F)

L

Lake Bonneville‎ (7 C, 31 F)
Limestone formations in the United States‎ (44 C, 21 F)

M

Magmatism of the United States‎ (15 C, 2 F)
Marine geology of the United States‎ (3 C)
Metamorphism in the United States‎ (9 C)
Mineral deposits in the United States‎ (7 C, 9 F)
Mines in the United States‎ (8 C, 6 F)
Geology museums in the United States‎ (3 C)

N

North American Cordillera‎ (9 C, 1 F)

O

Oil fields of the United States‎ (6 C, 27 F)
Ouachita orogeny‎ (2 C, 4 F)
Outcrops in the United States‎ (22 C, 40 F)

P

Paleosols in the United States‎ (1 F)
Permafrost in the United States‎ (3 C, 3 F)
Phosphates in the United States‎ (2 C, 5 F)

R

Rock samples in the United States‎ (1 C)
Rocky Mountain Front‎ (3 C, 1 F)

S

Salinity in the United States‎ (5 F)
Sandstone formations in the United States‎ (71 C, 54 F)
Sinkholes of the United States‎ (4 C, 10 F)
Soil science in the United States‎ (5 C, 17 F)
Soils in the United States‎ (10 C, 11 F)
Speleothems in the United States‎ (3 C, 16 F)
Stones in the United States‎ (10 C, 25 F)
Subduction in the United States‎ (7 C, 1 F)
Subsidences in the United States‎ (1 C)
Surface geology of the United States‎ (3 C, 4 F)
Geological surveys of the United States‎ (3 C, 3 F)

T

Terranes (geology) of the United States‎ (2 C)
Thrust belts in the United States‎ (1 C, 1 F)

U

Unconformities in the United States‎ (10 C, 43 F)
Uranium in the United States‎ (3 C, 3 F)

V

Veins (geology) in the United States‎ (8 C, 3 F)
Volcanism of the United States‎ (76 C, 27 F)

W

Weathering in the United States‎ (16 C, 1 F)

Y

Yellowstone hotspot‎ (18 C, 15 F)

Media in category "Geology of the United States"

The following 90 files are in this category, out of 90 total.

38th parallel structures loc.svg 610 × 372; 530 KB
An Historical Sketch of the Lake Superior Region to Cambrian Time.pdf 1,050 × 1,404, 18 pages; 2.87 MB
Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior (1899) (14576769019).jpg 1,856 × 3,046; 2.09 MB
Atlas to accompany monograph XXXI on the geology of the Aspen District, Colorado (1898) (14780773711).jpg 2,260 × 2,684; 1.11 MB
Aviculopecten winchelli (fossil scallop) (Byer Sandstone, Lower Mississippian; Newark, Ohio, USA) (50697423532).jpg 2,860 × 2,029; 4.91 MB
Biocalcarenite (Salem Limestone, Middle Mississippian; Bedford, Indiana, USA) 1 (49202030231).jpg 3,451 × 2,412; 5.34 MB
Biocalcarenite (Salem Limestone, Middle Mississippian; Bedford, Indiana, USA) 2 (49202237457).jpg 3,275 × 2,280; 5.13 MB
Biocalcarenite (Salem Limestone, Middle Mississippian; Bedford, Indiana, USA) 3 (49202030431).jpg 3,241 × 2,293; 5.65 MB
Biocalcarenite (Salem Limestone, Middle Mississippian; Bedford, Indiana, USA) 4 (49201543328).jpg 3,068 × 2,474; 6.73 MB
Black shale (Sunbury Shale, Lower Mississippian; Tener Mountain roadcut, southern Ohio, USA) 17 (49427395636).jpg 2,389 × 2,359; 3.79 MB
Bulletin of the Geological Society of America (1923) (14595124540).jpg 3,152 × 1,822; 1.89 MB
Bulletin of the Geological Society of America (1923) (14595328047).jpg 3,120 × 1,470; 682 KB
Carter Cave Flint (Upper Mississippian; Kentucky, USA) 1 (50968552352).jpg 3,433 × 2,853; 6.2 MB
Carter Cave Flint (Upper Mississippian; Kentucky, USA) 2 (50968442376).jpg 3,377 × 2,721; 6.18 MB
Carter Cave Flint (Upper Mississippian; Kentucky, USA) 3 (50967739738).jpg 3,346 × 2,590; 5.44 MB
Chertified crinoid head in limestone (Fort Payne Formation, Lower Mississippian; Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, USA) (50669942703).jpg 2,142 × 1,526; 2.5 MB
Contiguous US physiographic divisions.png 1,264 × 830; 1.1 MB
Deseret Limestone (Lower Mississippian; Sheep Creek Canyon, Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA) 1 (49878150762).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 9.6 MB
Deseret Limestone (Lower Mississippian; Sheep Creek Canyon, Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA) 2 (49878155897).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 9.72 MB
Deseret Limestone (Lower Mississippian; Sheep Creek Canyon, Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA) 3 (49878153617).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 8.66 MB
Deseret Limestone (Lower Mississippian; Sheep Creek Canyon, Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA) 4 (49877847936).jpg 3,000 × 3,577; 8.75 MB
Dichocrinus ficus (fossil crinoid) (Edwardsville Formation, Lower Mississippian; near Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA) 3 (15115504487).jpg 634 × 1,460; 1.66 MB
Dichocrinus ficus (fossil crinoid) (Edwardsville Formation, Lower Mississippian; near Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA) 4 (15279014466).jpg 876 × 1,447; 2 MB
Dichocrinus ficus (fossil crinoid) (Edwardsville Formation, Lower Mississippian; near Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA) 5 (50741960186).jpg 1,143 × 2,535; 2.4 MB
Dichocrinus ficus (fossil crinoid) (Edwardsville Formation, Lower Mississippian; near Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA) 6 (50742063262).jpg 1,679 × 1,871; 2.78 MB
Dictyoclostus sp. (fossil brachiopod) (Byer Sandstone, Lower Mississippian; Chatham, Ohio, USA) 1 (49964934656).jpg 1,582 × 1,330; 1.82 MB
Dictyoclostus sp. (fossil brachiopod) (Byer Sandstone, Lower Mississippian; Chatham, Ohio, USA) 2 (49964432553).jpg 2,058 × 1,590; 3.11 MB
Dictyoclostus sp. (fossil brachiopod) (Byer Sandstone, Lower Mississippian; Chatham, Ohio, USA) 3 (49964432088).jpg 1,864 × 1,455; 1.77 MB
Dictyoclostus sp. (fossil brachiopod) (Byer Sandstone, Lower Mississippian; Chatham, Ohio, USA) 4 (49964935116).jpg 2,073 × 1,576; 3.21 MB
Diorama of Mississippian fossil fish - Stethacanthus (31828333408).jpg 2,712 × 1,993; 6.15 MB
Dover Chert (St. Louis Limestone, Middle Mississippian; Tennessee, USA) 10 (50969696168).jpg 2,897 × 1,899; 3.18 MB
Dover Chert (St. Louis Limestone, Middle Mississippian; Tennessee, USA) 11 (50970502117).jpg 2,809 × 2,553; 4.57 MB
Dover Chert (St. Louis Limestone, Middle Mississippian; Tennessee, USA) 8 (50970394421).jpg 3,653 × 1,966; 5.06 MB
Dover Chert (St. Louis Limestone, Middle Mississippian; Tennessee, USA) 9 (50969696608).jpg 2,993 × 1,989; 3.38 MB
Evaluation of aerial remote sensing techniques for defining critical geologic features pertinent to tunnel location and design (IA evaluationofaeri00russ).pdf 1,210 × 1,610, 366 pages; 18.4 MB
Fog in the Rotunda (13 June 2021) (Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 1 (51300421104).jpg 960 × 467; 270 KB
Fog in the Rotunda (13 June 2021) (Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 2 (51298969397).jpg 960 × 638; 322 KB
Fossil burrows in mudshale (top of the Sunbury Shale, Lower Mississippian; Tener Mountain roadcut, southern Ohio, USA) 3 (49427621792).jpg 3,190 × 2,293; 5.45 MB
Fossil burrows in mudshale (top of the Sunbury Shale, Lower Mississippian; Tener Mountain roadcut, southern Ohio, USA) 4 (49427395951).jpg 3,354 × 1,723; 4.65 MB
Fossil burrows in mudshale (top of the Sunbury Shale, Lower Mississippian; Tener Mountain roadcut, southern Ohio, USA) 5 (49426924353).jpg 3,272 × 1,817; 4.33 MB
Fossiliferous sandstone (Byer Sandstone, Lower Mississippian; Newark, Ohio, USA) (50697333421).jpg 3,478 × 2,854; 8.29 MB
Gonatodus brainerdi fossil fish (Berea Sandstone, lowermost Mississippian; quarry in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County, northeastern Ohio, USA) 2 (15149651400).jpg 3,648 × 1,516; 5.51 MB
Granite (Mt. Airy Pluton, 331-337 Ma, Middle Mississippian; Mt. Airy, North Carolina, USA) (51360448811).jpg 1,128 × 939; 984 KB
Granite quarry (Mt. Airy Pluton, 331-337 Ma, Middle Mississippian; Mt. Airy, North Carolina, USA) 1 (51360650463).jpg 1,280 × 747; 924 KB
Granite quarry (Mt. Airy Pluton, 331-337 Ma, Middle Mississippian; Mt. Airy, North Carolina, USA) 2 (51361441105).jpg 893 × 887; 1,015 KB
Granite quarry (Mt. Airy Pluton, 331-337 Ma, Middle Mississippian; Mt. Airy, North Carolina, USA) 3 (51359672047).jpg 1,280 × 868; 1.01 MB
Granite quarry (Mt. Airy Pluton, 331-337 Ma, Middle Mississippian; Mt. Airy, North Carolina, USA) 4 (51359671962).jpg 1,280 × 788; 1.07 MB
Interbedded shale and limestone (Bethel Member, Girkin Limestone, Upper Mississippian; Houchins Narrows, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 1 (46472374825).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 9.04 MB
Interbedded shale and limestone (Bethel Member, Girkin Limestone, Upper Mississippian; Houchins Narrows, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 2 (51284375041).jpg 3,024 × 3,514; 6.17 MB
Interbedded shale and limestone (Bethel Member, Girkin Limestone, Upper Mississippian; Houchins Narrows, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 3 (51285097494).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 5.71 MB
Leadville Limestone (Lower Mississippian; Fossil Ridge, Sawatch Range, Colorado, USA) 1 (50657472688).jpg 2,940 × 2,519; 4.83 MB
Leadville Limestone (Lower Mississippian; Fossil Ridge, Sawatch Range, Colorado, USA) 2 (50657475408).jpg 2,928 × 2,501; 5.28 MB
Mudshale (Henley Member, Borden Formation, Lower Mississippian; Tener Mountain roadcut, southern Ohio, USA) 13 (49427395551).jpg 3,245 × 2,102; 4.18 MB
North america basement rocks.png 484 × 429; 31 KB
Painted Buffalo River Flint (attributed to the Ft. Payne Formation, Lower Mississippian; Tennessee, USA) 1 (51430487191).jpg 3,031 × 2,014; 4.29 MB
Painted Buffalo River Flint (attributed to the Ft. Payne Formation, Lower Mississippian; Tennessee, USA) 2 (51431231779).jpg 2,961 × 1,990; 3.84 MB
Pre-Cambrian Summaries for 1901.pdf 1,012 × 1,441, 23 pages; 1.97 MB
PSM V49 D172 Map of plateau transformed into a valley.jpg 636 × 967; 65 KB
Ringing Rock Diabase Locations.jpg 3,205 × 2,399; 2.41 MB
Rotunda (Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 1 (25492403227).jpg 4,032 × 2,786; 5.92 MB
Rotunda (Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 2 (25492402707).jpg 2,062 × 2,771; 4.18 MB
Rotunda (Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 3 (25492402347).jpg 4,032 × 2,789; 7.46 MB
Rotunda (Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 4 (51283583372).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 5.82 MB
Rotunda (Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 5 (51283584052).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 6.95 MB
Rugose corals (Leadville Limestone, Lower Mississippian; Fossil Ridge, Sawatch Range, Colorado, USA) 1 (50658209426).jpg 4,000 × 2,281; 5.8 MB
Rugose corals (Leadville Limestone, Lower Mississippian; Fossil Ridge, Sawatch Range, Colorado, USA) 2 (50658208126).jpg 2,860 × 2,404; 3.42 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 1 (34960758373).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 4.14 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 10 (35729708016).jpg 3,661 × 3,000; 4.23 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 11 (35600978542).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 4.08 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 12 (35600958462).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 4.07 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 13 (35638694191).jpg 3,000 × 4,000; 4.04 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 14 (35771046365).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 4.84 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 15 (35771015575).jpg 3,000 × 3,379; 3.78 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 16 (34929673844).jpg 3,000 × 4,000; 4.67 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 17 (34929665424).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 3.74 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 18 (35771925285).jpg 4,026 × 2,280; 4.11 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 19 (35771917535).jpg 3,024 × 2,514; 4.92 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 2 (35771205695).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 4.67 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 3 (35771183155).jpg 3,000 × 4,000; 4.58 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 4 (35601086842).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 3.37 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 5 (35601078542).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 4.26 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 6 (35382653550).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 5.74 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 7 (35729752006).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 4.36 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 8 (35729745346).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 4.23 MB
Sandstones (Lithopolis Member, Cuyahoga Formation, Lower Mississippian; Pine Quarry Park, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA) 9 (35601024022).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 3.99 MB
The Morrison Formation and Its Relations with the Comanche Series and the Dakota Formation.pdf 975 × 1,404, 13 pages; 1.07 MB
TopographicProfile.png 2,409 × 1,895; 230 KB
UnitedStates-GroundwaterAquifers-ShaleGasExtraction.svg 4,213 × 2,980; 13.25 MB
US cretaceous general.jpg 500 × 338; 20 KB
US physiographic regions map.jpg 597 × 386; 66 KB

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