A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | View of Wingate Sandstone (Triassic) cliffs from Grand View Point, Canyonlands National Park |
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| Description | The Island in the Sky is a high plateau between the Colorado and Green Rivers in the northern part of Canyonlands National Park, north of Moab, Utah. The plateau is there because the Wingate Sandstone (Triassic) is an erosion resistant unit and a major cliff former. Here, at Grand View Point, we see the Wingate (highest cliffs) above slopes of the Chinle Formation (Triassic). |
| Chronostratigraphy | Triassic |
| Lithostratigraphy | Wingate Sandstone, Chinle Formation |
| Geologic province | Colorado Plateau |
| Location | USA ▹ Utah ▹ Grand. Near Moab. Grand View Point, Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 2001-05-22. |
| Collection | E151021992F. |
| Key words | Wingate, Chinle, Island in the Sky, sandstone |
| Tech details | 492 KB. Vista. Canon Eos Rebel, 55 mm lens, Fuji Sensia 100. |
| GeoDIL number | 539 |
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