| 2. | Layers of carbonate limestones , silty mudstones , quartz sand and solidified lava show that within the past 600 million years , this area was a warm , shallow sea , then a muddy swamp , then a vast desert of shimmering hot dunes , then a glacial ice sheet , then a shallow sea once again 层层的碳酸石灰岩、粉砂质泥岩、石英砂和凝固的熔岩,显示在过去六亿年间,这个区域曾经是温暖的浅海,接著依序变成泥泞的沼泽、拥有炙热沙丘的广阔沙漠,然后是冰川,后来又再度成为浅海。 |