Bridal Veil Falls, Michigan This waterfall is found on the Lake Superior Coastline of the Upper Peni

Bridal Veil Falls, MichiganThis waterfall is found on the Lake Superior Coastline of the Upper Peninsula in the state of Michigan. The location and outrops are protected by the boundaries of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.These meters-high cliffs extend for nearly 30 kilometers along the edge of the lake. The rocks are mostly flat-lying sandstones deposited in the latest Precambrian and especially during the Cambrian. All of the rocks you see in this photo are Cambrian-aged sandstones of the Munising Formation. That formation is a classic shoreline sedimentary sequence, with a thick conglomerate unit at its bottom and cross-bedded sandstones on top that represent migrating sand dunes and shallow-water settings.The water volume in these falls waxes in the spring with snowmelt and wanes in the summer and fall. Note how there are changes in the rocks beneath the falls – the resistant, lowest layer is the Chapel Rock sandstone and the recessive, sloped section is the Miner’s Castle sandstone. Both of those units are part of the Munising formation and they’re capped by more resistant limestones of the Ordovician aged Au Train formation.-JBBImage credit: NPShttp://www.nps.gov/media/photo/view.htm?id=FA983E9B-155D-4519-3E834CD8F6FE6EECRead more:http://www.nps.gov/piro/learn/nature/index.htmhttp://www.nps.gov/piro/learn/nature/geologicformations.htm -- source link

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