Extras
Site Map
This website is to help others learn and appreciate tafoni and to shed light on how tafoni develop. It is organized as follows:
What are the different types of tafoni?
What is the mystery surrounding tafoni?
What rock types do tafoni prefer?
How do tafoni initiate?
World map of tafoni
What kinds of climates do tafoni prefer?
What kinds of weathering processes are involved?
What is differential weathering?
What is the role of salt on tafoni weathering?
Other factors
How do tafoni change over time?
How quickly do tafoni develop?
See and animation of tafoni changing over time (Recommended).
An album of photographs of tafoni from Northern California
An album of photographs of tafoni from North America
An album of photographs of tafoni from Around the World