More Eifel pictures from the 2nd of August
Photos and text by Kirsty Crocket
Herchenberg Complex
View of the lower red and upper black layers of the scoria cone complex (~480 ka).
The group admiring the view.
Another view of the quarry face.
A good view of the black layers.
A side-on view of the layers and structure.
Detail of the black layers.
Detail and a side view.
A more distal location.
Spot where we had lunch.
Country rock embedded in a lump of lava. Reaction rim and reaction gas pocket visible.
Dimple maar tephra (116 ka). A small phonolite eruption.
Weiberner Tuffstein
View of the location. Deposits are 404 ka.
View of 2 superimposed flows. Reworking of sediments is visible between the flows. Emma for scale.
Another view of the flows. Paul for scale.
The actively quarried part of this quarry.
A quarried block.
Detail of the deposit.
View of quarried faces behind group.
Flow structures are faintly visible in this photo.
Riedenerberg
View of outcrop from the road. Deposits are 400 ka.
Side view showing the layering.
Another view of the location showing the bedding of the outcrop from top to bottom.
Another side view.
More layers.
Tina is pointing to pinch and swale structures visible in the cross section.
Detail 1.
Detail 2.
Detail 3.
Faulting and slumping in the beds.
A couple of holes are visible in the outcrop. These correspond to organic material, such as tree trunks, which has long since disappeared. Apparently imprints of bark are visible in the holes.
Rieden Domes
The smallest outcrop of the week. The domes are erosion resistant and covered by thick vegetation. This was the only spot where hammering was possible. Same age as the Riedenerberg deposits (~400 ka).
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