Shinarump Conglomerate over De Chelly Sandstone (Upper Triassic over Lower Permian; Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, USA) 26 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Shinarump Conglomerate over De Chelly Sandstone (Upper Triassic over Lower Permian; Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, USA) 26 / James St. John
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説明 | Conglomerate & sandstone in the Permo-Triassic of Arizona, USA.This outcrop is in Arizona's Canyon de Chelly National Monument. The thinner-bedded rocks in the uppper half of the photo are part of the Upper Triassic Shinarump Conglomerate. The underlying thicker-bedded rocks are part of an ancient sand dune deposit called the De Chelly Sandstone (pronounced "De Shay") (Lower Permian). The Shinarump-De Chelly contact is an unconformity. Unconformities are erosion surfaces representing missing time. Bedding geometries in the two units are parallel, making the erosion surface a disconformity. The De Chelly Sandstone here has many tilted layers - those are cross-beds, which formed in a one-directional wind current. However, the horizontal bedding in the De Chelly is parallel with bedding in the overlying Shinarump.Stratigraphy: Shinarump Conglomerate Member, lower Chinle Formation, Norian Stage, Upper Triassic disconformably overlying De Chelly Sandstone, Leonardian Stage, Lower PermianLocality: view from Sliding House overlook, southern rim of Canyon de Chelly, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, northeastern Arizona, USA |
撮影日 | 2007-09-03 18:22:46 |
撮影者 | James St. John |
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