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Anticline clearly visible in road cut near John Day, Oregon

Anticline clearly visible in road cut near John Day, Oregon

 

 

 

 

Ah, look at this geology. It is a perfect anticline. The rocks here make a perfect arch like it had been drawn with a protractor. It takes awesome forces to bend rock like this.

We saw this anticline in a road cut near John Day, Oregon in 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anticline visible in river cut near Hillspring, Alberta

Anticline visible in river cut near Hillspring, Alberta

 

 

 

We learned from a local that rocks near the river down there contained a lot of fossils so we took time to go looking for them today. We did not find any but we did marvel at the geology presented by the river cut. That grey mass of limestone is bent in what geologist refer to as an anticline. Even the untrained eye can see where this once flat sedimentary rock has been bent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geologic intrusion or dike that was causing the solid rock to contort into an anticline

Geologic intrusion or dike that was causing the solid rock to contort into an anticline

 

 

 

This is an exposure in Hells Canyon, Oregon.

It looks to me like lava flows that covered this area millions of years ago were uplifted and bent by a later intrusion (dike) of molten rock creating the anticline.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geologic faults and intrusions have extensively contorted this rock

Geologic faults and intrusions have extensively contorted this rock

 

 

Hells Canyon, Oregon.

 

It is places like this that I want my own professional geologist to stand by and explain what created this.

An anticline and syncline are both visible as this rock folded under tremendous heat and pressure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anticline visible on US-189 in Provo Canyon east of Provo, Utah

Anticline visible on US-189 in Provo Canyon east of Provo, Utah

 

 

 

We saw this unmistakable anticline in 2007 while visiting Utah.

I would say it is a classic anticline.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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