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Related: About this forumSandstone shapes 'forged by gravity'
Geologists have discovered the secret that gives dramatic natural sandstone monuments their shape: gravity.
By studying cubes of sand in the lab, they showed that areas squeezed by vertical stress are protected from erosion, while others wash away.
The process had proved difficult to study, because natural slabs of sandstone erode over millions of years.
The key to the experiments, published in Nature Geoscience, was an unusual "locked sand" dug from a Czech quarry.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28365410
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Sandstone shapes 'forged by gravity' (Original Post)
dipsydoodle
Jul 2014
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Xipe Totec
(43,888 posts)1. Very interesting and unexpected. nt
Igel
(35,270 posts)4. And yet once you look at their shapes
and think about where stress is concentrated and optimal shapes for supports ...
H2O Man
(73,506 posts)2. Recommended.
Fascinating. Thank you for this.
Orrex
(63,169 posts)3. I hope that they Czech their fndings.
burrowowl
(17,632 posts)5. K&R
bluedigger
(17,085 posts)6. It's a beautiful world out there.
One of my favorite formations in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.