Paleocene

Rock type: 
Age: 
60 millions years

Россия, Приморский край, гора Читинза (Скалистая). Палеоген, палеоцен. Андезитовые порфириты.

Rock type: 
Age: 
61 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory, river valley Podokhorenok. Basalt. Horizontal cover. Thickness - 300 meters. In porphyry phenocrysts: plagioclase, pyroxene, olivine. Paleocene. Danian. Selandian.

Rock type: 
Age: 
61 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory, river valley Podokhorenok. Andesite-basalt, basalt. In the upper part of the rock there is andesite-basalt, in the lower part it is basalt. Macrophoto - the first andesite-basalt, the last - basalt Horizontal cover. Thickness - 300 meters. In porphyry phenocrysts: plagioclase, pyroxene, olivine. Paleocene. Danian. Selandian.

Rock type: 
Age: 
61 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory, river valley Podokhorenok. Andesite. Horizontal cover. Thickness - 300 meters. Massive texture, aphyric structure. Phenocrysts: plagioclase, hornblende, rarely pyroxene. Paleocene. Danian. Selandian.

Rock type: 
Age: 
61 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory, river valley Podokhorenok. Andesite-basalt. Horizontal cover. Thickness - 300 meters. In porphyry phenocrysts: plagioclase, pyroxene, olivine. Paleocene. Danian. Selandian.

Rock type: 
Age: 
61 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory, river valley Podokhorenok. Andesitic porphyrites form a horizontal cover. Thickness - 300 meters. Porphyry phenocrysts - plagioclase. Paleocene. Danian. Selandian.

Rock type: 
Age: 
61 millions years

Great Britain, , Northern Ireland, Giant's Causeway. Basalt. Paleogene. Paleocene.

Rock type: 
Age: 
40 millions years

Cyprus, Pissouri. Limestones and marls. Paleogene. The second photo shows the bodies of serpentinite, at the bottom (dark). Age uncertain.

Rock type: 
Age: 
40 millions years

Cyprus, Avakas Gorge, Peyia. Limestones and marls. Paleogene.

Rock type: 
Age: 
40 millions years

Cyprus, Avakas Gorge, Peyia. Limestones and marls. Paleogene.