Cuatro Ciénegas gypsum dunes

Nicolás Sánchez-Mejorada Girault

Cuatro Ciénegas- Genesis 4C Museum and Laboratory
Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico

The gypsum (calcium sulfate) that forms the dunes of Cuatro Cienegas is composed of calcium from the snails and shells that inhabited the Cretaceous seas (time of the dinosaurs).

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Title: Cuatro Ciénegas gypsum dunes
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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