A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Cross bedded sandstone, Red Rocks, Nevada |
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| Description | Red Rocks Canyon, just 15 minutes west of Las Vegas, provides spectacular views of red, yellow and white sandstones. The major formation is the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, characterized in some places by massive cross beds formed when the sand was deposited in desert sand dunes. A rock climber, near the center of this photograph, provides scale. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Jurassic |
| Lithostratigraphy | Navajo Sandstone |
| Location | USA ▹ Nevada. Near Las Vegas. Red Rocks Canyon Recreational Area, pullout just west of visitor center. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 2002-11-28. |
| Key words | Navajo, Red Rocks, cross bed |
| Tech details | 331 KB. Vista. Canon Powershot S40 digital camera. |
| GeoDIL number | 2969 |
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