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Researchers figure out how oddly shaped sandstone landform structures come about | #Geology #GeologyPage A team of researchers with members from facilities in the Czech Republic and one from the U.S. has discovered the mechanism by which unique sandstone landforms take shape. In their paper published in Nature Geoscience, the team describes how their studies of sandstone in their lab led to insights about how both gravity and erosion contribute to the creation of such unique structures as Delicate Arch at Arches National Park in Utah. Chris Paola of the University of Minnesota offers a News & Views piece on the research done by the team in the same journal issue. Read more : geologypage/2014/07/researchers-figure-out-how-oddly-shaped.html Geology Page geologypage
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:40:19 +0000

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