Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Geology

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Geological GigaPans from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and the surrounding region.

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Ron Schott

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February 26, 2012

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experimental, landscape, nature, travel, geology

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geology, sedimentary rocks, sandstone, Colorado Plateau

• 'The Blues' - southern Utah by Jen Piatek
Colloquially called 'the blues' because of the blue-grey color, these sedimentary rocks outcrop in a canyon along Rte 12 in southern Utah. The blue-grey rocks are part of the Cretaceous Kaiparowits formation, which formed when large rivers deposited their sediment. The orange layers in the distance are made up of...
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• Sedimentary Layers - Henrieville, Utah by Jen Piatek
Along Highway 12 - it was hard not to stop here with the sun hitting the outcrop at a nice angle. I may be wrong about this, but I think these outcrops are part of the Cretaceous Straight Cliffs formation (sandstones and shales), which has occasional organic rich layers - including coal.
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    geology, stratigraphy, fofs, fofsep, cretaceous, and 7 more

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• Long Pan Upper RHC (JHM L.W.2) by Cari Johnson
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    June 15, 2009

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• JHM L.W. by Cari Johnson
John Henry Member at Rock House Cove looking west
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• middle rhc by Cari Johnson
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• lower RHC L.W. by Cari Johnson
Lower part of rock house cove, looking west
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• lower RHC 1 by Cari Johnson
TIbbet member in rock house cove
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• Upper RHC LHM L.N. by Cari Johnson
view looking north (?)at the John Henry Member near Rock House Cove, Utah
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• Hwy 24 Scenic Hwy,Utah by DAVID HURD
Hwy 24 Scenic Hwy,Utah Capitol Reef National park
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• Kiva Coffee Overlook by DAVID HURD
Kiva Coffee Overlook
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