Friday Photo (61): Active Geology – River terraces in Kazakhstan

14 Dec

River terraces cutting into Cenozoic sediments in Kazakhstan. River terraces are flood plains that have moved away from the river, in this case because the land was vertically displaced during fault movement. Credit: Tim Middleton
(c) Geology for Global Development

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