Liesegang sandstone (Jordan)
by Tomáš Weiss
The colours of this sandstone were created by various mineral deposition caused by long-lasting electrostatic field in the groundwater, once the sandstone was still below the water table. The process of Liesegang sandstone formations is still not completely understood.
Categories
- European Geosciences Union (327)
- Geomorphology (1304)
- Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (491)
Location
- Asia (1026)
- Western Asia (293)
- Jordan (53)
- Exact location (35.4493 E, 30.3446 N)
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Image properties
3066 × 2046 px;
image/jpeg; 5.1 MB
Camera:
Canon EOS 1200D
Taken on 12
June
2018
Submitted on Feb. 12, 2019
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
Credit
Tomáš Weiss (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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