Landscape
Much of the desert is covered by gibber. Sturt suggested the closely compacted stones were the result of currents moving across an ancient seafloor. However the gibber plains originated from desert sandstone sheets which once covered the area. Weather has slowly broken down the sandstone with the harder fragments remaining.
Both circular and stepped gilgai have been found in the desert.
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