San Rafael Group

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The San Rafael Group is a Middle Jurassic sedimentary rock sequence in the western United States known for its widespread sandstones, siltstones, and marine to marginal-marine deposits.

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San Rafael Group canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic group
sedimentary rock unit
contains Carmel Formation
Entrada Sandstone
Nugget Sandstone
surface form: Page Sandstone

Temple Cap Formation
country United States of America
surface form: United States
depositionalEnvironment coastal eolian
marginal-marine
shallow marine
tidal flat
geologicAge Middle Jurassic
hasColor red
tan
white
hasEconomicResource building stone
groundwater aquifer
hasGeologicPeriod Jurassic
isRegionalEquivalentOf Curtis Formation
Summerville Formation
lithology limestone
marginal-marine sedimentary rocks
marine sedimentary rocks
mudstone
sandstone
siltstone
locatedIn Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
western United States
namedFor San Rafael Swell
overlies Glen Canyon Group
Navajo Sandstone
partOf Colorado Plateau
preserves Middle Jurassic fossils
stratigraphicUnitOf Colorado Plateau
surface form: Colorado Plateau region
thickness hundreds of meters
underlies Morrison Formation

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Morrison Formation geologicGroup San Rafael Group
Summerville Formation partOf San Rafael Group