When the mud was later removed by flowing water, the older eroded forms remained alongside the new growth, resulting in a striking display of many-hued stalactites, stalagmites, columns, and cascades.
Examining the distribution of eroded phase soils within survey-independent large-scale physiographic (EPA Level III Ecoregion) boundaries reveals consistent patterns in land-use histories and eroded soils, and that the pattern and distribution of eroded phase soils at regional to continental scales are responsive to the five soil forming factors.
Softer sedimentary rocks have been eroded to form embayments.
At the margins of the Kimberleys (in the Fitzroy region and in the Durack Range) and in the southern part of the Pilbara, in the Ophthalmia Range, dipping rock strata have been differentially eroded to form ridges and valleys.
The uplift caused the formation of vertical joints which were later preferentially eroded to form the free-standing pinnacles called hoodoos, badlands, and monoliths we see today.
Shinumo Quartzite is a resistant marine sedimentary quartzite that was eroded to form monadnocks that later became islands in Cambrian time.
North of Swanage is the chalk Ballard Down, the eastern tip of which has been eroded to form Old Harry Rocks – a series of stacks, arches and caves jutting into the sea between Swanage Bay and Studland Bay.
About 13 and 12 million years ago, the Anahim hotspot created a peralkaline volcanic complex on what was then the coast of British Columbia, now heavily eroded to form the ~20 km long Bella Bella and ~6 km long Gale Passage dike swarms.
The inshore SA sites at Southend and Robe to which lobsters were translocated were broadly similar consisting of limestone reef matrices, eroded to form ledges, crevices, undercuts and holes.
The Plateau is an uplifted Cretaceous limestone that has eroded to form a complex, highly subdivided aquifer system with numerous springs and water-filled caves.
