Differential weathering

SNev - Valley of Fire

Folder: Nevada, southern
Nevada State Park near Lake Mead. The bright red sandstone is correlative with the Navajo Sandstone to the east that makes the spectacular formations in Zion National Park, as well as forming Glen Canyon.

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Differential weathering

Harder calcite (I think) veins weathering out of Aztec Sandstone. Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA. The Aztec is correlative with the Navajo Sandstone of Utah and northern Arizona, but for historical reasons has a different name here. The calcite crystallized in cracks. You can tell this is a desert area, because the _calcite_ would weather first if the climate weren't so arid!

01 Jan 1979

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