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Stratum in fold!


Stratum in fold!
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Copyright: Ioannis Logiotatidis (logios) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 18 W: 3 N: 76] (258)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-08-28
Categories: Mountain
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 7900
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/900 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-09-27 11:08
Viewed: 1421
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This picture was captured in West Kythira, an isalnd in south of Peloponessus, Greece.
In geology and related fields, a stratum (plural: strata) is a layer of rock or soil with internally consistent characteristics that distinguishes it from contiguous layers. Each layer is generally one of a number of parallel layers that lie one upon another, laid down by natural forces. They may extend over hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of the Earth's surface. Strata are typically seen as bands of different colored or differently structured material exposed in cliffs, road cuts, quarries, and river banks. Individual bands may vary in thickness from a few millimeters to a kilometer or more. Each band represents a specific mode of deposition -- river silt, beach sand, coal swamp, sand dune, lava bed, etc.

Geologists study rock strata and categorize them by the material in the beds. Each distinct layer is usually assigned a "formation" name usually based on a town, river, mountain, or region where the formation is exposed and available for study. For example, the Burgess Shale is a thick exposure of dark, occasionally fossiliferous, shale exposed high in the Canadian Rockies near Burgess Pass. Slight distinctions in material in a formation may be described as "members" or sometimes "beds." Formations are collected into "groups." Groups may be collected into "series."
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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2005-09-27 12:31]

Yasu Ionnis!
Very nice intersting capture.Details,POV,sharpness and composition are wonderful.Excellent work!TFS...:-)

Hi Ioannis,
Very interesting photo, great details, nice composed.
TFS!

Γειά σου Γιάννη

Ενδιαφέρουσα η φωτογραφία σου σχετικά με την strata. Επιπλέον ενδιαφέρουσες και οι σημειώσεις!

This is an interesting capture showing this stratus fold with great detail Ioannis. Excellent note. Well done & Thank You.

Good photograph of a natural phenomenon. Your note really is useful. TFS.

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