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    • The Mendenhall Glacier >
      • The Juneau Icefield
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      • Juneau Humpback Fluke Quick Identification >
        • 181
        • 204, Stamp
        • 252
        • 237, Dike
        • 292
        • 453, Notcho Libre
        • 545, Rubberlips
        • 547, Cimmerian
        • 580
        • 924, Crater
        • 1434, Spot
        • 1443, Dot-Spot
        • 1447, Juneauite >
          • 1447 2013 Calf
        • 1538, Flame >
          • 1538 2013 Calf
        • 1703, Bullethole
        • 1820, Nibblet
        • 1879, Shasha >
          • 1879 2011 Calf
        • 2006, Magma
        • 2070, Barnacles >
          • 2070 2009 Calf
          • 2070 2012 Calf
        • GGC-20120718-2698, Flash
        • UAF-20130812-962
    • Humpback Whale Behavior >
      • Cruising and Spouting
      • Logging
      • Diving
      • Side Fluke
      • Backstroke
      • Barrel Roll
      • Pectoral Slaps
      • Headstand
      • Tail Slap
      • Peduncle Slap
      • Breaching
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    • Flora of Georgia and surrounding states >
      • Flora Quick Find Page >
        • Granite Outcrop Plants >
          • Diamorpha smallii, elf-orpine
          • Gratiola amphiantha, pool sprite, snorklewort
          • Helianthus porteri, Confederate daisy
          • Isoëtes melanospora, black-spored quillwort
          • Quercus georgiana, Georgia oak
        • Piedmont Plants >
          • Parnassia asarifolia, grass-of-parnassus
          • Pinus taeda, loblolly pine
          • Platanthera integrilabia, monkeyface orchid
        • Trilliums! >
          • Trillium erectum, erect trillium, red trillium
          • Trillium decumbens, decumbent or trailing trillium
    • The Landscape Georgia and the Southeastern United States >
      • The Landscape of the Coastal Plain
      • The Landscape of the Piedmont >
        • Arabia Mountain
        • Kennesaw Mountain
        • Pine Mountain
      • The Landscape of the Blue Ridge >
        • The Landscape of the Great Smoky Mountains
      • The Landscape of the Valley and Ridge
      • The Landscape of the Cumberland Plateau
      • The Landscape of Cumberland Mountain
    • Geology of the Georgia and the Southeastern United States >
      • Geologic Time Scale
      • Quick find guide to rock types
      • Geology of Kennesaw Mountain >
        • Amphibolite, Hurst, 1956
        • Migmatite, McConnel & Abrams, 1984
        • Putting it all together, Higgins et al, 2003
        • Geology of Kennesaw Mountain: a summary
      • Geology of Arabia Mountain
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Quick find guide to rock types

The various names for rocks are included in my story of the geology and are scattered about on the various pages. You can go to the page the rock type by clicking on its name in this list of treated rocks. This is a work in progress at its very beginning point so it is rather sparse.

amphibolite
diorite
gneiss
mafic
metabasalt
metatrondhjemite
migmatite
ophiolite
tonalite
trondhjemite
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