Tag: Yampa River

Pennsylvanian Morgan Formation overlain by Weber Formation, Warm Springs Cliff, Dinosaur National Monument, CO

by Michael Smith, posted in Sedimentary Geology

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Cyclic Pennsylvanian Morgan Formation and overlying Weber Sandstone exposed at Warm Springs Cliff, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado.

 

Pennsylvanian Morgan Formation, Yampa River Canyon, Dinosaur National Monument, CO

by Michael Smith, posted in Sedimentary Geology

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Cyclothems of the Pennsylvanian Morgan Formation exposed in the canyon of the Yampa River, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado. Alternating intervals of blue-gray limestone and orange cross-stratified sandstone record repeated glacio-eustatic sea level fluctuations. Photosets acquired from raft.