Sedimentary rock. Checkerboard Mesa sandstone rock formation,showing cross-bedding. This sedimentary rock was formed by the deposition of successive layers of sediment carried in water or air currents,later compressed into rock. The cross- bedding (thick horizontal lines) was produced by changes in the direction of the depository currents over time. Photographed in the Zion National Park,Utah,USA | |
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