A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Dakota Sandstone overlying the Morrison Formation between Montrose and Ouray, U.S. 550 |
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| Description | Buff colored Dakota Sandstone (Creatceous) crops out near the top of this cliff. It is underlain by purple and green slopes of Morrison Formation shales (Jurassic). |
| Chronostratigraphy | Cretaceous, Jurassic |
| Lithostratigraphy | Morrison Fm., Dakota SS. |
| Location | USA ▹ Colorado ▹ Montrose. Near Montrose. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 1999. |
| Collection | E191030993F-04. |
| Key words | Dakota Sandstone, Morrison Formation, Colorado |
| Tech details | 330 KB. Vista. Canon EOS Rebel, 55mm, Kodak Elite Chrome 100 ASA. |
| GeoDIL number | 1753 |
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