In this present post I will start a series of publications, which I will carry out each day, until fulfilling all the expectations of knowledge about the science of geology, each issue published will have a direct relationship with those strange geological formations that occur on the surface of the earth, product of the erosive agents that appear daily, today given beginning to this content, I will speak about "the wave", a formation of sandstone located north of arizona, united States, which presents great peculiarities, since its origins of formation are not very common, speaking of "the wave", I will explain clearly what is its origin, as it is geologically structured, I will also give a brief explanation of its history and will present images of support to make the content more educational.
I INVITE YOU TO KNOW "LA OLA" A VERY PARTICULAR GEOLOGICAL FORMATION.
The world is a place of strange landscapes and fascinating wonders. Each country has particular characteristics. In the case of the United States, the geological formations are very interesting, such is the case of "the Wave", a geological formation that is located near the border between Arizona and Utha. In the following geographical map we can observe the geographical unbication of these mentioned states.
History of "the Wave"
The so-called sandstone formation of the Jurassic era, is also known as "Coyote Butter or as it is known" the Wave. "This was formed more than 200 million years ago, when this area was a desert of dunes that moved according to the wind Over time, the sand became sandstone, and the erosion was carved. The "dunes" that make up the spectacular forms of "the Wave", are lined by the Liesegang Bands. formed by the movement and precipitation of oxidizable materials, such as iron and manganese through water. Calcite veins can also be recognized along the rock, these are soft so that when walking on them many are broken. colors that this formation presents are due to the mineral deposits of oxide and the clacita of white color. On "the Wave" there is another formation called "the second Wave" of softer colors.
Geological structure of "the Wave"
This geological formation has a total length of 400 meters. Its walls are sculpted sandstone rocks product of erosive processes, these also have some points up to 40 meters high, which are varied due to the topography of the area. The geological structure is composed of mineral compounds that cause changes to occur inside, such as the mineral calcite as mentioned above, the lithological confomation is distributed by another large formation called "the second wave", which presents the same geological characteristics as the main wave, only that this particular formation is much more eroded since it suffers a lot from the front of the winds that arrive on that side of the zone.
What effect do the Winds generate?
Both the rain and the wind are causal agents that the weathered layers of sandstones undergo changes in their morphology since these agents interact directly on these formations, as a result of the displacement of the sands through the valleys they increasingly adhere to the walls of the dunes that are created in this formation, this allows its geological composition to be varied constantly since, any external agent can modify its structure, because they are very fragile geological formations, the effect of the wind makes the design of these rocks present an undulating form, that's where the name "The Wave" is derived from.
This lithological formation can be visited by private individuals but it is necessary to have the help of tour guides because its structural configuration and the geology inrregulates, visitors can present some problems, because "the Wave" is not alone there are other formations rockets that are present as, pillars, cones and other crazy forms that originate in this place, in the present image you can see the radius of longitude that this formation presents, this picture presented is obtained by satellite images, offered by the google map service.
Conclusion
In the present publication we managed to observe in detail how external agents can make part of the changes that occur in nature. The formation "the Wave" allowed us to know part of what are the strange geological structures that exist in the world, leaving to understand that science lacks a lot to know and you study a lot, so friends invite you to continue observing the next publications, which leave them with their mouths open, as they are very strange formations with very particular geological characteristics. It only remains for me to say that you leave your comments or doubts below this publication and if this was of your interest please vote. We will see you in a next installment ...
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wave,_Arizona
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