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Syncline - Magnetise - (Syncline & Viewer Remix)

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Sheep Mountain Anticline (Expand for all the geology goodness below)

During the Laramide orogeny (mountain building event) from 70 to 50 million years ago, crystalline basement rocks were faulted, uplifted, and folded. A very large 15-mile long concave fold called the Sheep Mountain Anticline was created. An anticline occurs when horizontal lying rocks have been folded downward and the oldest lie in the axis of the fold. Anticlines are good for trapping oil, and there is an oil and gas field in the vicinity.

Erosion has caused the oldest sandstone at the center of the anticline to be exposed in the mountain, surrounded by younger rock on both sides. This anticline is northwest-southeast trending, and plunges at both ends. There are other folds in the area, including synclines which fold upward on on both sides. Of note is the Bighorn River which has managed to cut a channel right through Sheep Mountain. Rivers can do this because their erosion keeps up with the uplift of the mountain.

Wyoming has seriously wild geology. Pinging @BoxcarMurphy

Aerial picture from: https://the-earth-story.com/post/620950885392121857/sheep-mountain-wyoming-a-classic-plunging

Cross-section from: https://www.geowyo.com/ancient-river-channel--sheep-mountain.html

Geology map from: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2010JB007650

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