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That's the name of the rock units and a description of what they look like (geologists can be funny that way sometimes...) - these rocks likely formed in a coastal enviroment like a delta. Some of the cave-like openings in this particular cliff face were used by ancient inhabitants of Utah for storage (the Fremont p...
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A little bit down the trail from the Stump Spring Trailhead, again with a nice view of the salmon-colored rocks of the Claron formation.
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Side trip along a dirt road to the trailhead for the Stump Spring Trail gives us a nice view of the orange rocks of the Claron formation, which are also responsible for the colorful scenery at Bryce Canyon.
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Another view of "the blues" in southern Utah, where blue-grey sedimentary rocks are exposed along Rte. 12. These rocks were formed from sediments deposited by a river around 100 million years ago (Cretaceous period, Kaiparowits formation)
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Continuing on Rte. 12 to the east of "On a Clear Day..." (www.gigapan.org/gigapans/32030/), the road drops down further into the Navajo sandstone - there are some great views of the bedding layers in these rocks. The angled "crossbeds" are ancient sand dunes preserved in the sandstone.
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Across the street from the scenic overlook "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" (www.gigapan.org/gigapans/32030/) is this particular outcrop, which is a really nice view of cross beds. These structures are remnants of sand dunes (millions of years old, now preserved in the sandstone rock).
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That's the name given to this particular overlook along Rte. 12 in southern Utah. Large expanses of Navajo Sandstone make up the majority of the foreground rocks - these were once (millions of years ago) a vast expanse of sand dunes. The remnants of the dunes are found in structures called cross beds, where layers of...
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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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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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