The Geologic Oddity in New Mexico; Tent Rocks National Monument

Within north central New Mexico is a strange geologic oddity. There, layers of primarily white rock seemingly jut out of the ground in abundance to heights of more than 90 feet, forming hundreds of pillars with cliff like edges of them. And, on their tops are a grouping of cone like structures. These features are known as the Tent Rocks, which are part of the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument.

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Graphics of eruption dates are courtesy of the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institute. https://volcano.si.edu/

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Thumbnail Photo Credit: Bob Wick, BLM California, mypubliclands, Bureau of Land Management, Flickr, CC BY 2.0

0:00 Strange Tent Rocks
0:40 Location of the National Monument
1:06 Geologic Setting
2:27 Tuff & Ash Emplacement
3:03 Pillar Erosion
3:28 Apache Tears & Perlite

Citations:
[1] https://www.blm.gov/visit/kktr
[2] https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/, Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument

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