Limestone and iron reveal puzzling extreme rain in Western #Australia 100,000 years ago https://theconversation.com/limestone-and-iron-reveal-puzzling-extreme-rain-in-western-australia-100-000-years-ago-238801

Ironing out complexities in #karst chronology: (U-Th)/He ferricrete ages reveal wet MIS 5c https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp0414

"The #PinnaclesDesert is renowned for its otherworldly karst landscape of limestone pillars towering metres above a sandy plain. The Pinnacles form part of the most extensive belt of wind-blown carbonate rock in the world, stretching more than 1,000km along coastal WA."

Limestone and iron reveal puzzling extreme rain in Western Australia 100,000 years ago

Otherworldly karst landscapes, such as Western Australia’s famous Pinnacles, hold clues about Earth’s climate history – and future.

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A trip down memory lane - what did I think of the Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Cervantes, WA 6511, Australia? http://bit.ly/3tPwtO2 #PinnaclesDesert #NambungNationalPark #Cervantes #Australia #Pinnacles
Australia — Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Cervantes, WA 6511, Australia

After many years of visiting Western Australia and trying to get to the Pinnacles, I finally made it there on this trip, and it was worth the wait as I have never seen anything like it. The only…

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