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How was uluru(ayers rock) formed will be giving away 10 points?

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How was uluru(ayers rock) formed will be giving away 10 points?

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I’ll let the good folks (or blokes) at Ayers Rock Resort explain it. “Geologists have different explanations about how these features formed. The Ribs Some layers of akrose, the rock that makes up Uluru, are softer than others, and wear away more quickly. This leaves Uluru’s characteristic parallel ribs or ridges. Flaky red skin Close up, much of the surface of Uluru is flaky red with grey patches. The flakes are bits of rock that are left after water and oxygen in the air have decayed minerals in the rest of the rock. The red is the rusting of the iron in the arkose. The grey is the original colour of the arkose. You can see the unrusted grey rock inside the caves. The Caves There are many types of caves at Uluru – those that look like honeycombs, high up on the walls, and wave-shaped caves at ground level. Perhaps they were formed by uneven flaky weathering. Small pits became bigger dimples, then hollows, then caves. Or they may have been chemically eaten away by water when the land’

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