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 OriginThe three-dimensional distribution of rock units shaped by their deformational history. 1 Formed By (Process)
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1. Wikipedia: Structural geology
WikipediaStructural geology, lead sectionQuote, Structural geology, lead section
Structural geology is the study of the three-dimensional distribution of rock units with respect to their deformational histories.
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