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Flower structure in the Peach Spring Tuff

Flower structure in the Peach Spring Tuff

Flower structures occur when strike-slip faults occur in converging crust. The rocks are faulted upward and in cross section resemble the petals of a flower. This flower structure formed in the Miocene Peach Spring Tuff of western Arizona.

Photographer: Charles Ferguson 

Photo Date: circa 2013