File:Big Clifty Sandstone (Upper Mississippian; entrance dale to Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 1.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionBig Clifty Sandstone (Upper Mississippian; entrance dale to Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 1.jpg |
English: Cross-bedded sandstones in the Mississippian of Kentucky, USA.
These are quartzose sandstones of the Big Clifty Sandstone, an Upper Mississippian unit forming the "cap rock" or "roof" of Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, the longest cave on Earth. As of fall 2022, 426 miles of cave passages have been explored and mapped. The sandstone is not readily soluble in water, so it protects the underlying cave passage systems from erosion. Mammoth Cave itself is developed in Mississippian-aged limestones. The tilted layers in the picture are crossbeds. Cross-bedding forms in a one-directional current by wind or water. Stratigraphy: Big Clifty Sandstone, Chesterian Stage, lower Upper Mississippian Locality: outcrop in Mammoth Cave's entrance dale, far-northern Mammoth Cave Ridge, Mammoth Cave National Park, western Kentucky, USA |
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Author | James St. John |
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