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Calcite concretion formed in Paleocene marine siltstone, Moeraki beach, New Zealand. Uncemented siltstone has been eroded away by wave action. Concretion is about 2 m (7 ft) in diameter, which is unusually large.

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from article Authigenic minerals

Scanning electron micrograph of authigenic kaolinite. The clay mineral formed from dissolution of calcic feldspar in a Miocene sandstone, San Joaquin basin, California.

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from article Authigenic minerals

Scanning electron micrograph of clinoptilolite zeolite (white crystals) on smectite-coated (dark background) sand grains. Sample is from Paleocene volcanic sandstone, Baja California, Mexico.

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from article Sonobuoy

Launch of a sonobuoy from an antisubmarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. (a) In flight. (b) Buoy strikes the water in a nearly vertical attitude. (c) Antenna and hydrophone are positioned automatically.

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from article Hematologic disorders

Myelophthisic anemia results from a space-occupying lesion in the bone marrow, which hinders hematopoiesis (the process by which the cellular elements of the blood are formed). In this photomicrograph, the bone marrow space is expanded, and the…

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from article Hematologic disorders

Scanning electron micrograph of (top) an elongated, flattened sickle cell and (bottom) a normal red blood cell. (Credit: Callista Images/Image Source/Getty Images)

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from article Hematologic disorders

Colored scanning electron micrograph of round leukocytes from a patient with leukemia. (Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library)

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from article Engineering geology

Diagram of a typical landslide monitoring instrumentation. (Credit: USGS)

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from article Engineering geology

Rock-physics laboratory instrumentation for testing triaxial shear strength. Shearing stresses tend to separate portions of the rock (or soil) mass. Faults and folds are examples of shear failures in nature. In engineering structures, every…

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from article Engineering geology