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Cuatro Ciénegas gypsum dunes formation
Nicolás Sánchez-Mejorada Girault
Cuatro Ciénegas- Genesis 4C Museum and Laboratory
Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico
The calcium sulfate (the main component of the gypsum dunes) was formed millions of years ago at the bottom of the seabed when the sulfur from hydrothermal vents and Calcium carbonate from invertebrates got bounded together by a chemical reaction.
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- Title: Cuatro Ciénegas gypsum dunes formation
- Creator: Nicolás Sánchez-Mejorada Girault
- Location Created: Cuatro Ciénegas de Carranza, Coahuila.
- Type: Photograph
- Contributor: Héctor Fernando Arocha Garza, Patricia Maxwell
- Rights: Nicolás Sánchez-Mejorada Girault, Genesis 4C
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