Is this just geology?

[turtlefoot]

I'm assuming this is just geology, but I wanted to make sure.  I found it in a seasonal creek bed in south central Missouri, USA.  It measures 3 inches by two inches and is a little whiter than the image indicates.  Any help is appreciated.

 

Doug

[Lone Hunter]

Looks more than geological but not sure, since this got overlooked thought I'd try to get better answer for you. 

[turtlefoot]

5 minutes ago, Lone Hunter said:

Looks more than geological but not sure, since this got overlooked thought I'd try to get better answer for you. 

Thank you.  Never found anything quite like it before.

[DPS Ammonite]

It looks like a sedimentary deposit showing soft sediment deformation. Consider a southwestern US wash that floods and leaves behind a thin layer of clay. The clay dries out and cracks. A new flood scours out the not yet fully hardened clay layers and deposits them in a heap of semi parallel clay layers. Note the layers are in short sections. The layers show plastic deformation; they are bent. 

 

A landslide can show they same features.

 

 

 

Edited January 4, 2022 by DPS Ammonite

[turtlefoot]

18 minutes ago, DPS Ammonite said:

It looks like a sedimentary deposit showing soft sediment deformation. Consider a southwestern US wash that floods and leaves behind a thin layer of clay. The clay dries out and cracks. A new flood scours out the not yet fully hardened clay layers and deposits them in a heap of semi parallel clay layers. Note the layers are in short sections. The layers show plastic deformation; they are bent. 

 

A landslide can show they same features.

 

 

 

Thank you for the information.  Even though it is undoubtedly just geology, I like it.  I really appreciate the information.

 

Doug