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Arches National Park: Here's everything you need to know about how those iconic natural stone arches got the way they did. Like many other unique geological phenomena, the creation of Arches National Park required a unique combination of geologic ingredients. We are lucky enough to live in a time in Earth's history where those ingredients have come together at just the right time for our viewing pleasure, but we should also remember the forces that created Arches National Park will eventually tear it down as well...
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Sources and Resources:
nps.gov/articles/arch-rock-stars.htm
nps.gov/arch/learn/nature/geologicformations.htm
nps.gov/arch/learn/nature/arches.htm
youtube.com/watch?v=bcD77dpZ03o
npshistory.com/publications/arch/index.htm
pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1393/report.pdf
usgs.gov/geology-and-ecology-of-national-parks/geology-arches-national-park
us-parks.com/arches-national-park/geology.html
cnha.org/visit/arches-national-park/things-to-know/geology
https://web.uri.edu/geofieldtrip/geology-of-arches-national-park/
Images and Music:
Storyblocks
NPS
Canyonlands Natural History Association
Michael Muller via NPS
Wikimedia Commons/Bob Palin
Warsitzka et al, 2015
Arches National Park: Here's everything you need to know about how those iconic natural stone arches got the way they did. Like many other unique geological phenomena, the creation of Arches National Park required a unique combination of geologic ingredients. We are lucky enough to live in a time in Earth's history where those ingredients have come together at just the right time for our viewing pleasure, but we should also remember the forces that created Arches National Park will eventually tear it down as well...
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/nationalparkdiaries
Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/nationalparkdiaries
Sources and Resources:
nps.gov/articles/arch-rock-stars.htm
nps.gov/arch/learn/nature/geologicformations.htm
nps.gov/arch/learn/nature/arches.htm
youtube.com/watch?v=bcD77dpZ03o
npshistory.com/publications/arch/index.htm
pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1393/report.pdf
usgs.gov/geology-and-ecology-of-national-parks/geology-arches-national-park
us-parks.com/arches-national-park/geology.html
cnha.org/visit/arches-national-park/things-to-know/geology
https://web.uri.edu/geofieldtrip/geology-of-arches-national-park/
Images and Music:
Storyblocks
NPS
Canyonlands Natural History Association
Michael Muller via NPS
Wikimedia Commons/Bob Palin
Warsitzka et al, 2015
