Day 12: Canyonlands National Park, Island in the Sky District and vicinity. Go to More Photos for Day 12?

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Overview of this Site

Along Highway 313 many of the rock layers exposed within the canyons can be accessed quite easily. Here immense cliffs cannot stop one from looking at rocks. This is a good place to refresh your memory about the rocks you have already looked at and then look at some new ones. Along the road, traveling to the southwest from the intersection with Highway 191 the Triassic Chinle is first encountered, then the Jurassic Wingate, Kayenta, Navajo and Entrada (in ascending order). The Entrada is first encountered on this day, and its three members can be easily recognized along Highway 313 (Dewey Bridge, Slick Rock, and Moab Tongue). Return to Geology of Utah's National Parks Home Page
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