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Canyonlands National Park - Moenkopi Formation

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White Rim Trail

Deposited
Triassic Period (208 to 245 million years ago)

Depositional Environment
Tropical tidal flat

Appearance
Dark red-brown, ledge-forming sandstones and siltstones

Example
Irregular slopes with ledges just above the White Rim Road at the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands.

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∙ The Maze District

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∙ Geology

- Desert Varnish

- Grabens

- Needles Geology

- Upheaval Dome

- Green River Formation

- Mesa Verde Group

- Dakota Sandstone

- Morrison Formation

- Curtis Formation

- Entrada Formation

- Carmel Formation

- Navajo Sandstone

- Kayenta Formation

- Wingate Sandstone

- Chinle Formation

- Moenkopi Formation

- Cutler Undivided

- Honaker Trail Formation

- Paradox Formation

- White Rim Sandstone

- Organ Rock Shale

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