Fairy chimneys
by Carolina Cavazos-Guerra, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
These unique sedimentary structures in Cappadocia near Goreme are the result of the eroded deposits from ancient volcano eruptions over thousands of years.
Taken on 30
April
2011
Submitted on 13 Mar 2012
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- Geodynamics (357)
- Interdisciplinary/Other (787)
- Seismology (209)
- Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (485)
- Tectonics and Structural Geology (544)
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- Asia (1006)
- Western Asia (285)
- Turkey (59)
- Exact location (34.8362 E, 38.6487 N)
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Credit: Carolina Cavazos-Guerra (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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