Canyonlands National Park - Moenkopi Formation

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Overlook of Canyonlands

Deposited

Triassic Period (208 to 245 million years ago)

Depositional Environment

Tropical tidal flat

Appearance

Dark red-brown, ledge-forming sandstones and siltstones

Example

Irregular slopes with ledges just above the White Rim Road at the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands.