Every rock tells a story. Sometimes it is obvious what that story is: Over time, sediment built up and created this huge sedimentary rock. This is typical of basically all the rocks in the west. Look at the Grand Canyon for example...that's a perfect picture of sedimentary rock eroded over time and through water and such. Sometimes the story is a little harder to find, and you have you dig deeper and know some background info about that rock or rock system: In the Rocky Mountains, specifically the Wasatch range, the rocks started as sedimentary rocks. Layers built up over time. As faults formed and gave out, these layers were bent, twisted, uplifted, and changed. The layers are not horizontal anymore, and some are twisted around like this one. It takes more time to explain this than just looking at it and knowing which layer came first. Sometimes unless you know more about the type of rock, the climate, and erosion processes, you c...
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