Canyonlands National Park - Green River Formation

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This layer does not occur in Canyonlands.

Deposited

Early Tertiary Period (1.6 to 66 million years ago)

Depositional Environment

Lakes

Appearance

Continuous grey/brown slopes of shale

Examples

Uinta Basin in north-central Utah.