"Rock formation" redirects here. For the process, see Formation of rocks.
Rocks formations and the Dedo de Deus (God's Finger) peak in the background, Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Rio de Janeiro state, BrazilRaouché or Pigeons' Rock in Beirut, LebanonDruid Arch, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USView of Meteora, GreeceRock formations in Ongamira Valley, Sierras de Córdoba, ArgentinaBelogradchik Rocks, Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria"Jaws", an erosional fin in Little Finland, Nevada, US"Hajdučka vrata" on Čvrsnica, HerzegovinaPaklenica, CroatiaDevil's Town, SerbiaThree Sisters in Blue Mountains, Australia
A rock formation is an isolated, scenic, or spectacular surface rock outcrop. Rock formations are usually the result of weathering and erosion sculpting the existing rock. The term rock formation can also refer to specific sedimentary strata or other rock unit in stratigraphic and petrologic studies.
A rock structure can be created in any rock type or combination:
Igneous rocks are created when molten rock cools and solidifies, with or without crystallisation. They may be either plutonic bodies or volcanic extrusive. Again, erosive forces sculpt their current forms.
Metamorphic rocks are created by rocks that have been transformed into another kind of rock, usually by some combination of heat, pressure, and chemical alteration.
Sedimentary rocks are created by a variety of processes but usually involving deposition, grain by grain, layer by layer, in water or, in the case of terrestrial sediments, on land through the action of wind or sometimes moving ice. Erosion later exposes them in their current form.
Geologists have created a number of terms to describe different rock structures in the landscape that can be formed by natural processes:
Butte
Cliff
Cut bank
Escarpment
Gorge
Inselberg, or monadnock
Mesa
Peak
Promontory
River cliff
Sea cliff
Stack
Stone run
Tor
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