Welcome to Outcropedia

The online public database of the best outcrops in the world.

The Outcrops

Choose among the best Outcrops in the World

Boudinage
Faults
Folds
Foliations
Fossils
Fractures, Joints, Veins
Lineations
Metamorphic rocks
Primary structures, sedimentary, magmatic rocks
Shear zones
Street geology
Boudinage
Slickenslide fault plane

GeoTours

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Field trips – by car
Field trips – hiking
Posada valley, Sardinia (Italy)
Field trip shear zone, Argentera Massif, Italy

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