Canyonlands Butte, Scarp, Gorge, 12 x 16
Original Watercolor Unframed
This is along the White Rom Trail in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. My understanding and explanation of what we are seeing here is rudimentary. The ‘story’ of tectonic and geological history is dynamically visible here. Erosion, mainly by water, slowly cut into a higher mesa leaving sections as buttes. The scarp is made of the slopes of the butte, the loose eroded rock. The river, a main eroding force, is hidden out of view in the gorge! The layers and variations in color and composition in the rocks tell 300an even earlier story of disposition of various sediments laid down over time by water and wind. Don’t forget to throw in some uplifting and/or subduction of the land by tectonic forces and we are barely getting a gist.
Original Watercolor Unframed
This is along the White Rom Trail in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. My understanding and explanation of what we are seeing here is rudimentary. The ‘story’ of tectonic and geological history is dynamically visible here. Erosion, mainly by water, slowly cut into a higher mesa leaving sections as buttes. The scarp is made of the slopes of the butte, the loose eroded rock. The river, a main eroding force, is hidden out of view in the gorge! The layers and variations in color and composition in the rocks tell 300an even earlier story of disposition of various sediments laid down over time by water and wind. Don’t forget to throw in some uplifting and/or subduction of the land by tectonic forces and we are barely getting a gist.
Original Watercolor Unframed
This is along the White Rom Trail in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. My understanding and explanation of what we are seeing here is rudimentary. The ‘story’ of tectonic and geological history is dynamically visible here. Erosion, mainly by water, slowly cut into a higher mesa leaving sections as buttes. The scarp is made of the slopes of the butte, the loose eroded rock. The river, a main eroding force, is hidden out of view in the gorge! The layers and variations in color and composition in the rocks tell 300an even earlier story of disposition of various sediments laid down over time by water and wind. Don’t forget to throw in some uplifting and/or subduction of the land by tectonic forces and we are barely getting a gist.