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Late Paleozoic cyclothems, Paradox Basin, UT

March 17, 2020March 20, 2020 by Michael Smith, posted in Sedimentary Geology

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Late Paleozoic cyclothems of the Paradox and Honaker Trail Formations exposed by the canyon of the San Juan River. Photoset taken from opposite canyon rim, near the historic Honaker Trail, Bears Ears National Monument, UT. 

 

 

Tagged Bears Ears National Monument, Honaker Trail, Paleozoic, Paradox, Pennsylvanian, Permian, San Juan River, Utah

Turkey Creek, Rincon Mountains

March 16, 2020March 24, 2020 by Michael Smith, posted in Sedimentary Geology, Structural Geology

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Tilted lower Paleozoic strata overlie granitic basement on north side of the Turkey Creek valley, Rincon Mountains, Arizona.

Tagged Cambrian, Mississippian, Paleozoic, Rincon Mountains, Turkey Creek

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