A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Chinle Formation (Triassic) with Wingate Sandstone cliff (Triassic) above, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, USA |
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| Description | The purple and gray shaley slope, here mostly covered with debris, is the Chinle Formation (Triassic). Above are the reddish cliffs of the Wingate Sandstone, also Triassic. These formations are well exposed in the Capitol Reef section of the San Rafael Swell. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Triassic |
| Lithostratigraphy | Chinle Fm., Wingate Sandstone |
| Geologic province | San Rafael Swell |
| Location | USA ▹ Utah ▹ Wayne. Near Hanksville. Photo taken from Highway 24, just east of Capitol Reef National Park. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 1999. |
| Collection | E341112991E. |
| Key words | Chinle Formation, Wingate Sandstone, Capitol Reef, Utah, San Rafael Swell |
| Tech details | 675 KB. Vista. Canon Eos Rebel, 55mm lens, Kodak Ektachrome Elite. |
| GeoDIL number | 102 |
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