A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Eroded Mancos Shale near Caineville, Utah, USA |
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| Description | This photo was taken from Highway 24 between Capitol Reef National Park and Caineville, Utah. The fluted slopes are formed from eroded Mancos Shale (Cretaceous). The cliffs above are formed from the Mesa Verde Group (Cretaceous). The Mancos Shale is a marine shale, the Mesa Verde Group is primarily sandstones and siltstones deposited by the Cretaceous sea as it retreated eastward. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Upper Cretaceous |
| Lithostratigraphy | Mancos Shale |
| Location | USA ▹ Utah. Near Caineville. View from Highway 24. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 1999. |
| Collection | E341112991E. |
| Key words | Mancos Shale, Mesa Verde Group, shale, sandstone, siltstone, erosion |
| Tech details | 409 KB. Vista. Canon Eos Rebel, 55mm lens, Kodak Ektachrome Elite. |
| GeoDIL number | 108 |
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