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04-29-2009, 07:54 PM #1
River Rock embedded in Sandstone.
Can someone with a vast understanding of the CP explain how that piece of slickrock came to rest there and how river rock is stuck in this wall?
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04-29-2009 07:54 PM # ADS
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04-29-2009, 08:01 PM #2
Re: River Rock inbedded in Sandstone.
Originally Posted by moab mark
The big rock - was in the layer above. 500 years ago (or so), it broke off and slid into its current position. Because it is more robust than the Cutler mudstone, it "capped" a "pinnacle" and prevented the underlying Cutler from eroding away, thus becoming a Hoodoo.
The Cutler formation is a messy mudstone/sandstone. It was formed in river/stream beds, and thus can contain large rocks that settle in the mud. Those rocks are probably harder than the Cutler, so when erosion gets to them, they stand out.
Tom
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04-29-2009, 08:30 PM #3
I completely agree with in regards to the boulder forming the hoodoo. As for the smaller river rock embedded in the sandstone, a caveman threw the rock onto the sandy beach, then later the rock became buried in more sand on the beach, then yet later the sand became cemented (and apparently took on some iron coloring), then eroded into what you see today.
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04-29-2009, 09:19 PM #4Originally Posted by Udink
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04-30-2009, 07:58 AM #5
Yer all wrong. It was neanderthal boy scouts hucking rocks from the top into the sand/ mud below. Makes perfect sense having been with boys and rock and streams (and dads = big rocks).
Life is Good
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04-30-2009, 08:07 AM #6
I'm with Scott the scouts tossed the small rocks the dads pushed off the slickrock
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