Stratigraphic relations of the Navajo Sandstone to Middle Jurassic formations, southern Utah and northern Arizona

1979/01/01 by Fred Peterson, G.N. Pipiringos · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Engineering · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies #Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis #Geological Studies and Exploration #Navajo #Geology #Archaeology #Paleontology #Geomorphology #Geochemistry #Geography

paper · pdf · doi:10.3133/pp1035b

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Abstract

Stratigraphic studies in southern Utah and northern Arizona indicate that the Navajo Sandstone does not intertongue with the overlying Middle Jurassic Carmel Formation. Two crossbedded sandstone bodies previously thought to be tongues of the Navajo in the Carmel are, instead, entirely separate from the Navajo. In addition, a regional unconformity is present at the base of the Carmel and equivalent formations. Thus, the Navajo is a predominantly crossbedded sandstone formation at the top of the Glen Canyon Group that does not intertongue with the Carmel Formation.

Citations

• Correlation of Upper Triassic and Triassic(?) Formations between southwestern Utah and southern Nevada
• Sedimentary rocks of the San Rafael Swell and some adjacent areas in eastern Utah
• The Kaiparowits region, a geographic and geologic reconnaissance of parts of Utah and Arizona

Cited by

• Glen Canyon Group [wikipedia]
• Group (stratigraphy) [wikipedia]