The Geologic Story of Arches National Park: Geological Survey Bulletin 1393Lohman, Stanley William
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The Geologic Story of Arches National Park: Geological Survey Bulletin 1393
Lohman, Stanley William
Arches National Park (Utah); Geology -- Utah -- Arches National Park -- Guidebooks
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Late Cretaceous
Mancos Shale
Lead-gray fossiliferous marine shale. Forms slopes.
?
Mancos, Colo.
Dakota Sandstone
Conglomeratic sandstone, gray shale, carbonaceous shale, and
coal. Forms ledge.
100
Dakota, Nebr.
Unconformity
Late Jurassic
Morrison Fm.
700
Morrison, Colo.
Brushy Basin Member
Variegated shale, some sandstone and conglomerate, petrified
wood, chert, and dinosaur bones. May contain some beds
of Burro Canyon (Early Cretaceous) age.
Salt Wash Member
Crossbedded white and gray conglomeratic sandstone beds and
lenses, locally carnotite bearing, and red and gray
sandy mudstone. Forms slopes.
Unconformity
160
San Rafael Group
(San Rafael Swell, Utah)
Summerville Fm.
Thin bedded red sandstone and shale. Some cherty limestone
concretions. Forms slopes.
0-40
Summerville Point, Utah
Entrada Ss.
(Entrada Point, Utah)
Moab Member
White, crossbedded fine-grained sandstone. Caps Slick Rock
Member north of Devils Garden and Fiery Furnace and on
Klondike Bluffs.
0-100
Moab, Utah
Slick Rock Member
Salmon-colored to pink and white fine-grained generally
crossbedded sandstone, containing some medium- to
coarse-grained sand. Generally forms cliffs or narrow
fins many of which contain arches or windows.
0-240
Slick Rock, Colo.
Dewey Bridge Member
Red muddy sandstone and sandy mudstone, with contorted
bedding. Forms easily eroded bases to arches in
Windows Section, hence aided in their development.
0-175
Dewey Bridge, Utah
Unconformity
190
Jurassic and Triassic(?);
Glen Canyon Group
Navajo Sandstone
Massive crossbedded buff, gray, and white fine-grained
sandstone, and local beds of gray limestone. Forms
cliffs along Colorado River, floors Windows Section.
0-350
Navajo Country, Four Corners (Glen Canyon, U.)
Late Triassic(?)
Kayenta Formation
Lavender, gray, and white lenses of sandstone, red sandy
shale, and conglomerate. Contains some freshwater
shells. Caps and protects cliffs of Wingate Sandstone.
0-250
Kayenta, Ariz.
Late Triassic
Wingate Sandstone
Massive, horizontally bedded and crossbedded reddish buff
fine-grained sandstone.
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