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Basalt formation shattered by uplift from fault
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Shattered basalt. A basalt rock-wall being slowly shattered by uplift from fault movement. Basalt is formed from solidified volcanic lava. As the mol- ten lava cools it contracts, causing tensional forces that pull open vertical fractures around solid columns of rock. This area of basalt has been shattered along the fracture lines as a result of uplift from fault movement. A fault is an enormous fracture in the Earth's crust caused by plate movements. Photographed in Washington State, USA.
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Kaj R. Svensson/Science Source
Unique identifier:
SS2178411
Legacy Identifier:
SC5542
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3232px × 3984px (~36 MB)
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basalt columns
columnar basalt
columns of basalt
E417/0117
E417/117
E4170117
earth science
fault
geology
igneous rock
rock
volcanic rock