{"id":2455,"date":"2014-07-20T13:22:44","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T18:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2014-07-21T13:25:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T18:25:13","slug":"erosion-nature-marvels-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/erosion-nature-marvels-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Erosion nature marvels explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2423\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pngbase64d0b5346ca99acaf7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2423\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2423\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pngbase64d0b5346ca99acaf7-212x300.png\" alt=\"Double O Arch storm composite, Devil\u2019s Garden, Arches National Park, Utah, USA. (Photo Credit: Michael Atman)\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pngbase64d0b5346ca99acaf7-212x300.png 212w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pngbase64d0b5346ca99acaf7.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Double O Arch storm composite, Devil\u2019s Garden, Arches National Park, Utah, USA. (Photo Credit: Michael Atman)<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Have you ever wondered at the peculiar form of sandstones in places like the Arches National Park in the USA? In a new study, researchers explain how these stable pillar-like landforms emerge from sand through erosion alone. <\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They conducted experiments in their lab and ran through numerical simulation to understand how the brittle sandstone could become resistant to erosion once put under enough mechanical stress from gravity pressing on the rocks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Additional images available.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/ngeo\/journal\/vaop\/ncurrent\/full\/ngeo2209.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in the journal\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nature Geoscience<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em>on\u00a0<strong>July 20, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jiri Bruthans, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered at the peculiar form of sandstones in places like the Arches National Park in the USA? In a new study, researchers explain how these stable pillar-like landforms emerge from sand through erosion alone. 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