Over hundreds and thousands of years, flood events during the Late Triassic deposited layer upon layer of sand, silt, clay, mud, detritus, and volcanic ash.

Today we see these layers as the colorful lines on the sides of badland hills.

 


3D image of Triassic landscape sedimentary layers, Copyright NPS

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