Meriden, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA - Site Photo Gallery

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Basalt pillow
	Pillow Lava Zeolite locality, Meriden, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Close-up of one of the basalt pillows. The glassy, quenched rind of the pillows is quite evident. The interpillow matrix is composed of hyaloclastite cemented by calcite. The pillow is probably around 0.5 - 0.75 m wide. Photo taken November 15, 2009.
© Michael W. Kieron	Photo ID: 406375    View Count: 206
Basalt Pillows
	Pillow Lava Zeolite locality, Meriden, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Basalt Pillows deforming and intruding into lakebed sediments. Behind Target, slightly to the south. Pillow intruding into the sediments is probably around 0.5 m wide. Photo taken November 15, 2009
© Michael W. Kieron	Photo ID: 406374    View Count: 188
Paleochannel in Talcott Basalt
	Pillow Lava Zeolite locality, Meriden, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Paleochannel in the Talcott Basalt looking north from Target. This section is not as "pillowy" as the exposure immediately behind Target, but a large pillow (prob ~2 m) can be seen just above the base of the channel. Photo taken November 15, 2009.
© Michael W. Kieron	Photo ID: 406371    View Count: 338
View From Mount Higby
	York Hill Quarry (York Hill Traprock Co. Inc. Quarry; York Hill Mine), Meriden, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA View From Mount Higby. Photo taken fall 2012
© Adam Berluti 2012	Photo ID: 499646    View Count: 35