- What appears to be the makeup of the stone, how big are the grains and is their variation in the stone itself?
- You can see the small ceustas to the north. Is there anything similar to the south?
- The small escarpments face what direction?
- Is their a visible variation in the stone lower on the escarpment that may cause it to wear faster, or is it fracturing of the stone layers? Describe what you see.
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A ceusta is "A ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a cliff on the other." Typically in the geolgy we refer to very large ones that cover many miles, or hills that are made up of a number of smaller ceusta.
There are times when the ceusta is not at a simple low angle, but is very steep, to near verticle. In those instances the ceusta is refereed to as a hogsback.
Cuestas are typically formed when the sloping stone starts to weather. A harder exposed stone weathers slower while that under it is faster. Because the stone is sloped one stone face may weather quickly until it hits another harder stone. This steep face is referred to as the escarpment.
Looking at an escarpment will let you see the softer or stone that is below the harder stone.
However sometimes this is not always true. A shale, or layered stone may just be naturally weathering. flaking off without having any weaker under-layer other than the simple fracturing of the layers. so there is not always a weaker softer stone.
