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Lake Mead - Aztec Sandstone in the Redstone area

Detailed Description

The Aztec Sandstone in the Redstone area display cavernous tafoni-style surface weathering. The pitted, often honey-combed shaped surfaces of outcrops form from variability in the rates of dissolution and reprecipitation of material cementing the sandgrains, leading to variablity in weathering rates (Turkington, 1998).

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.