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    Uluru and Kata Tjuta are two large rock formations in central Australia that are sacred to local indigenous people. Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone monolith that rises unexpectedly from the flat surrounding plains. Kata Tjuta, located 25 km from Uluru, is actually a group of 36 rock domes made of conglomerate with various sized rock clasts. Both formations were formed 600 million years ago from sedimentary rocks but are now made of different rock types - Uluru from arkose sandstone and Kata Tjuta from conglomerate.

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    Uluru and Kata Tjuta are two large rock formations in central Australia that are sacred to local indigenous people. Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone monolith that rises unexpectedly from the flat surrounding plains. Kata Tjuta, located 25 km from Uluru, is actually a group of 36 rock domes made of conglomerate with various sized rock clasts. Both formations were formed 600 million years ago from sedimentary rocks but are now made of different rock types - Uluru from arkose sandstone and Kata Tjuta from conglomerate.

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    Uluru and Kata Tjuta are two large rock formations in central Australia that are sacred to local indigenous people. Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone monolith that rises unexpectedly from the flat surrounding plains. Kata Tjuta, located 25 km from Uluru, is actually a group of 36 rock domes made of conglomerate with various sized rock clasts. Both formations were formed 600 million years ago from sedimentary rocks but are now made of different rock types - Uluru from arkose sandstone and Kata Tjuta from conglomerate.

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    Uluru and Kata Tjuta are two large rock formations in central Australia that are sacred to local indigenous people. Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone monolith that rises unexpectedly from the flat surrounding plains. Kata Tjuta, located 25 km from Uluru, is actually a group of 36 rock domes made of conglomerate with various sized rock clasts. Both formations were formed 600 million years ago from sedimentary rocks but are now made of different rock types - Uluru from arkose sandstone and Kata Tjuta from conglomerate.

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    Uluru and Kata Tjuta – Student Activity

    Uluru
    The Central Australian Outback is
    famous for its red desert and for a large,
    enchanting monolith named Uluru. This
    rock is striking for the way it
    unexpectedly rises out of the
    surrounding, very flat, land; it towers
    348 meters above the plain. Uluru is
    sacred to the local Yankunytjatjara and
    Pitjantjatjara people, and they ask that
    people do not climb it. Every year, about
    250,000 people from around the world
    visit Uluru and it is a major icon of
    Australia.

    Uluru is entirely made from a rock called arkose. Arkose is a coarse-grained sandstone that also
    contains lots of feldspar (25% or more). The landscape surrounding Uluru is currently mostly alluvial
    sediments (loose bits of rock moved there by erosion) which used to be mostly sedimentary rocks.
    Why might Uluru rise above the surrounding landscape?

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    The arkose of Uluru also contains plenty of iron. What does the iron content have to do with the
    colour of the rock?

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    Uluru has distinctive groves down the sides of the rock. What might have created these grooves?

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    An initiative supported by Woodside and ESWA


    Uluru and Kata Tjuta – Student Activity

    Kata Tjuta
    Only 25 km from Uluru stands another
    impressive rock outcrop called Kata Tjuta. In
    the local Pitjantjatjara language, Kata Tjuta
    translates to ‘many heads’, an appropriate
    name, considering Kata Tjuta is actually a
    series of 36 rock outcrops. Despite its
    proximity to Uluru, Kata Tjuta is made from
    an entirely different sort of sedimentary
    rock: conglomerate, with a variety of clast
    sizes ranging from boulders to pebbles,
    cemented by quartz and feldspar. The clasts
    are made of many different kinds of rock, including granite, basalt, gneiss, and volcanic rock. Both
    Kata Tjuta and Uluru were formed around the same time, 600 million years ago.

    What does the size of the clasts in Kata Tjuta suggest about the original depositional environment?

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    What does the composition of the clasts in Kata Tjuta suggest about the original source rocks?

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    Kings Park in Perth is another example of a hill rising out of its surrounding landscape, although it is
    only about 62 meters high. Kings Park is made of a limestone called Tamala Limestone, which you
    can see in the cliffs along Mounts Bay Road. This limestone is made of tiny fragments of marine
    shells and quartz grains which were deposited by wind, and then cemented by calcium carbonate.

    An initiative supported by Woodside and ESWA

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