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Rock Formation

A rock formation is a distinctive rock outcrop formed by weathering and erosion of the underlying rock. Rock formations can be made of igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rock. Geologists have terms to describe different rock structures like buttes, cliffs, escarpments, gorges, mesas, peaks, promontories, sea cliffs, stacks, and tors. Rock formations are scenic features that are studied in stratigraphy and petrology.

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Rock Formation

A rock formation is a distinctive rock outcrop formed by weathering and erosion of the underlying rock. Rock formations can be made of igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rock. Geologists have terms to describe different rock structures like buttes, cliffs, escarpments, gorges, mesas, peaks, promontories, sea cliffs, stacks, and tors. Rock formations are scenic features that are studied in stratigraphy and petrology.

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rock formation is an isolated, scenic, or spectacular surface rock outcrop. Rock


formations are usually the result of weathering and erosion sculpting the existing rock.
The term rock formation can also refer to specific sedimentary strata or other rock unit
in stratigraphic and petrologic studies.
A rock structure can be created in any rock type or combination:

 Igneous rocks are created when molten rock cools and solidifies, with or without
crystallisation. They may be either plutonic bodies or volcanic extrusive. Again,
erosive forces sculpt their current forms.
 Metamorphic rocks are created by rocks that have been transformed into another
kind of rock, usually by some combination of heat, pressure, and chemical
alteration.
 Sedimentary rocks are created by a variety of processes but usually involving
deposition, grain by grain, layer by layer, in water or, in the case of terrestrial
sediments, on land through the action of wind or sometimes moving
ice. Erosion later exposes them in their current form.
Geologists have created a number of terms to describe different rock structures in
the landscape that can be formed by natural processes:

 Butte
 Cliff
 Cut bank
 Escarpment
 Gorge
 Inselberg, or monadnock
 Mesa
 Peak
 Promontory
 River cliff
 Sea cliff
 Stack
 Stone run
 Tor

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