Here's a little mystery to start off your Sunday morning web browsing. What's going on here? Clues: Trees and sage provide scale, and it's in British Columbia. No shame in wrong guesses!
Perhaps periglacial patterned ground... Or perhaps man-made in some way. The picture doesn't match karst topography that I've seen. Nor does it look like the bison wallows a quick Google search turned up. So what's the answer, Garry?
Thanks for all the excellent conjectures! The full answer and description can be found at http://geotripper.blogspot.com/2014/09/northern-convergence-mystery-photo.html .
Looks like sink holes, kasrt topography.
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Pit houses?
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Hexagonal cracking? periglacial?
ReplyDeleteBison wallows?
ReplyDeletePerhaps periglacial patterned ground... Or perhaps man-made in some way.
ReplyDeleteThe picture doesn't match karst topography that I've seen. Nor does it look like the bison wallows a quick Google search turned up.
So what's the answer, Garry?
Looks like ground squirrels or maybe prarie dog colonies but I think BC is too far north for dogs.
ReplyDelete"periglacial " feature in area of discontinuous permafrost maybe? caused by alternate freezing and thawing sorting the rocks
ReplyDeleteDefinitely pit houses!
ReplyDelete- AF, from Lillooet BC
Thanks for all the excellent conjectures! The full answer and description can be found at http://geotripper.blogspot.com/2014/09/northern-convergence-mystery-photo.html .
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