Ripples and wrinkle structure inset (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Ripples and wrinkle structure inset

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Preserved seabed ripples on an outcrop in Morocco covered with wrinkle structures thought to be formed by an ancient microbial community from the Early Jurassic. The inset shows a close-up of the wrinkle structures covering the ripples. 

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Main photo: Rowan Martindale. Inset: Jackson School of Geosciences.

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