The Geologic Story of Canyonlands National Park — John Shaqi
The Geologic Story of Canyonlands National ParkLohman, Stanley William
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The Geologic Story of Canyonlands National Park
Lohman, Stanley William
Canyonlands National Park (Utah) -- Guidebooks; Geology -- Utah -- Canyonlands National Park -- Guidebooks
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Jurassic
Entrada Sandstone
Crossbedded white fine-grained sandstone at top (Moab
Member); salmon colored to pink, fine-grained,
generally crossbedded sandstone in middle (Slick Rock
Member); red earthy sandstone and siltstone at base
(Dewey Bridge Member, grades into Carmel Formation
west of Green River). Forms steep-sided buttes north,
east, and west of park.
400-500
Entrada Point, San Rafael Swell, Utah
175
Jurassic & Triassic(?)
Glen Can Group
Navajo Sandstone
Crossbedded buff to gray sandstone, some red sandstone, and
thin beds of limestone. Residual rounded patches on
highest mesas.
325-550
Navajo Country, Ariz., New Mexico, Utah
Late Triassic(?)
Kayenta Formation
Irregularly bedded stream-laid gray, buff, lavender and red
fine-to-coarse-grained sandstone and siltstone. Caps
most high mesas and forms tops of highest cliffs.
Contains fresh-water fossils.
160-300
Glen Canyon, S. Utah, Kayenta, Arizona
200
Late Triassic
Wingate Sandstone
Buff and light red generally crossbedded medium-grained
sandstone. Forms highest cliffs, many of which are
coated with black desert varnish.
210-340
Ft. Wingate, New Mexico
Chinle Fm.
Unnamed upper member
Reddish siltstone, mudstone, and sandstone locally bleached
to bluish or greenish gray, and few thin beds of
limestone. Forms steep slopes at base of highest
cliffs. Contains some fossil wood and reptile bones.
205-740
Chinle Valley, Ariz.
Moss Back Mbr
Gray, brown, and gray-green sandstone and conglomerate.
0-80
Moss Back Ridge, Utah
215
Middle(?) and Early Triassic
Moenkopi Fm.
Unnamed upper member
Brick red, reddish-brown, and brown mudstone and sandstone,
and some conglomerate and gypsum. Forms slopes broken
by thin ledges.
250-940
Moenkopi Wash, Ariz.
Triassic(?)
Hoskinnini Tongue
Pale-brown fine-to-coarse-grained sandstone; forms ledges.
0-120
Hoskinnini Mesa, Ariz.
250
Permian
Cutler Fm.
Undivided Cutler Formation in northeastern part of area is
composed of buff, red, and purple arkosic sandstone
and conglomerate. South of Indian Creek is the thick
Cedar Mesa Sandstone Member, composed of massive
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