Tag: Karst

Liberal Arts Blog — Geology: Why Is Rio So Beautiful? What Is Sugarloaf, Anyway? Is It a Karst Formation?

The iconic image of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil includes highly photogenic Sugarloaf mountain which always made me think of Guilin in China. I assumed that the formations were geologically the same. Apparently not. Sugarloaf is made of granite. The Giulin peaks are made of limestone and dolomite. The lat...