Erosion Revealing Layered Earth History
by Chujie Liu
Eroded ridges in Badlands National Park expose stratified sedimentary deposits shaped by wind and water. Differential erosion of varying rock layers reveals a detailed record of past environments, preserving millions of years of geological history in a rapidly changing landscape.
Categories
- Climate: Past, Present & Future (748)
- European Geosciences Union (371)
- Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (541)
Location
- North America (788)
- Northern America (619)
- United States of America (411)
- Exact location (-102.3397 W, 43.8554 N)
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image/jpeg; 18.4 MB
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Canon EOS R8
Taken on 8
June
2024
Submitted on 1 April 2026
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
Credit
Chujie Liu (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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