A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | View of arches in the distance |
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| Description | Wind erosion has carved arches in the reddish Entrada Sandstone (Jurassic) in Arches National Park, seen here in the distance. The lighter colored rock below the Entrada is the Navajo Sandstone (also Jurassic). Both formations are aeolian (wind/dune deposits). |
| Chronostratigraphy | Jurassic |
| Lithostratigraphy | Navajo Sandstone, Entrada Sandstone |
| Location | USA ▹ Utah. Near Moab. Arches National Park. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 1999. |
| Collection | E361113991P. |
| Key words | Arches National Park, wind erosion, aeolian, Navajo, Entrada |
| Tech details | 401 KB. Vista. Canon Eos Rebel, 55 mm lens, Fuji Provia 100. |
| GeoDIL number | 517 |
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