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Cedar Breaks National Monument

 

white layers : pure limestone.

red layers : less than 1% iron.

 

 

 

 

 

View from Point Supreme (elevation : 10,350 ft = 3,155 m)

 

Three phases :

1. deposition :
lake filled by compressed sediment.

2. uplift : vertical fault (lifted up)

3. erosion : water forces (15 inches of snow)

 

 

 

Sunset Point Lookout

 

 
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