Checkerboard Mesa - 365-307
by Inge Riis McDonald
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Checkerboard Mesa - 365-307
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Inge Riis McDonald
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Photograph - Photography
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Checkerboard Mesa
On the road leading into the Zion National Park in Southern Utah, you pass by the spectacular Checkerboard Mesa.
Checkerboard Mesa is an example of two weathering processes, one controlled by stratigraphy and one by climate. The “checkerboard” results from the roughly perpendicular sets of grooves in the Navajo Sandstone. The nearly horizontal grooves follow layers of coarse sand that coincide with eolian bedding sets whereas the vertical grooves have been interpreted to be the result of local expansion and contraction of the rock surface due to changes in temperature and moisture.
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January 10th, 2017
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