Claron Formation badlands (Paleocene to Eocene; Point Supreme overlook, Cedar Breaks National Monument, southwestern Utah, USA) : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Claron Formation badlands (Paleocene to Eocene; Point Supreme overlook, Cedar Breaks National Monument, southwestern Utah, USA) / James St. John
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | The spectacular scenery at Cedar Breaks in Utah is the result of differential weathering and erosion of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene), a succession of lacustrine siliciclastics and carbonates. These colorful sedimentary rocks were originally deposited in Lake Claron, an ancient intermontane basin. This landscape of steep, soil-free, and largely vegetation-free slopes at Cedar Breaks (& at nearby Bryce Canyon) is called badlands topography. Notice the two faults at the far-left and left-center in the above photo (the best way to find the faults is to look at how the whitish, cliffy-weathering unit is offset).Locality: Point Supreme overlook, Cedar Breaks National Monument, southwestern Utah, USA |
| 撮影日 | 2010-07-05 21:31:05 |
| 撮影者 | James St. John |
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