Formed by process links a formation to the natural force that carved or built it. Wikipedia records that "the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted," a combination of river cutting and uplift that produced the Grand Canyon. This dimension groups formations shaped by the same kind of natural process.
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Formation OriginA body of rock with a consistent lithology occupying a particular position in the stratigraphic column. 1 Formed By (Process)
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1. Wikipedia: Geological formation
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A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics (lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exposed in a geographical region (the stratigraphic column).
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