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The priest’s half a billion year old bathtub: A sand volcano in Skåne, Sweden

2. September 2023by Karsten Eig Leave a comment

Half a billion years ago, in the early Cambrian, some water, trapped in a sand bottom in a tropical sea, decided it wanted to get out. The water pushed its […]

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Cambrian, Geology photography, Sand, shale and gravel, Sweden, Travel Tips

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