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Rock of Ages: Davenport Ranges, Australia | |||||||||
The Davenport Ranges of central Australia are known for their striking oval and zigzag patterns. These ranges have been inferred to be among the oldest persisting landforms on Earth due to Australia's tectonic stability over the past 700 million years. New rock-age dating techniques indicate the landforms are not nearly that old, but landscape evolution certainly occurs much slower here (at least now) than is typical across Earth's surface. Credit: NASA/JPL/NGA › Full image and caption |
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| Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology |
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