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Joshua Tree Rock Formations

Vertical jointing breaking up the rock of a monzogranite peak in Joshua Tree National Park, California. The boulders are rounded and smoothed by spheroidal weathering, a combination of chemical and mechanical erosion.

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Title:

Joshua Tree Rock Formations

Caption:

Vertical jointing breaking up the rock of a monzogranite peak in Joshua Tree National Park, California. The boulders are rounded and smoothed by spheroidal weathering, a combination of chemical and mechanical erosion.

Credit:

Album / Science Source / Charlie Ott

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3687 x 4742 px | 50.0 MB

Print size:

31.2 x 40.1 cm | 12.3 x 15.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY • CALIFORNIAN ROCK • CRACKING • ERODING • EROSION • GEOGRAPHY • GEOLOGY • GRANITE ROCK • GRANITIC BOULDER • IGNEOUS ROCK • JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL MONUMENT • JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK • LANDFORM • LANDSCAPE • LANDSCAPES • MOJAVE DESERT • MONZOGRANITE • MONZOGRANITIC • NORTH AMERICA • NORTH AMERICAN • OUTCROP • PHYSICAL WEATHERING • PLUTONIC INTRUSION • ROCK FORMATION • ROUNDED • SCENIC • SPHEROIDAL WEATHERING • UNITED STATES • VERTICAL JOINTING • VERTICAL LINES • VERTICAL • WEATHERED