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

Cuatro Ciénegas- Genesis 4C Museum and Laboratory

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