in Culvert Canyon yesterday, where sedimentary structures galore presented themselves in the Kayenta and Navajo Formations (click images to enlarge). At the base of the landmark sandstone spire lies a channel-fill consisting of an intraformational conglomerate:
Here's the context view of the entire spire:
Nearby, mudcracks were exposed as sole marks on the underside of a bedding plane:
And here's a fallen and rotated slab showing them as they are normally seen on the top surface of a bedding plane (that's my knee at the bottom of the image):
Lastly, at the base of Gold Bar Arch, there are multiple bioturbated beds, separated by laminated sandstones (perhaps tempestites?):
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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