Claron Formation

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geologic formation rock unit

The Claron Formation is a geologic rock unit of colorful limestones and mudstones best known for forming the striking hoodoos and cliffs of Bryce Canyon and other parts of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Claron Formation canonical 4
Claron Formation dolomite 1
Claron Formation hoodoos 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation ⓘ
rock unit ⓘ
climateInfluenceOnErosion freeze-thaw cycles ⓘ
color pink ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
contains fossil freshwater mollusks ⓘ
fossil plants ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depositionalEnvironment fluvial ⓘ
lacustrine ⓘ
drainageBasin Colorado River Basin ⓘ
surface form: Colorado River basin

Sevier River ⓘ
surface form: Sevier River basin
erosionalLandforms fins ⓘ
spires ⓘ
windows ⓘ
exposedAt Bryce Canyon National Park ⓘ
Cedar Breaks National Monument ⓘ
Red Canyon ⓘ
forms cliffs ⓘ
hoodoos ⓘ
geologicAge Eocene ⓘ
Paleogene ⓘ
lithology limestone ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
locatedIn Paunsaugunt Plateau ⓘ
southern Utah ⓘ
namedFor Claron, Utah ⓘ
notableFor colorful badlands ⓘ
eroded amphitheaters ⓘ
overlies Kaiparowits Formation ⓘ
Wahweap Formation ⓘ
partOf Colorado Plateau ⓘ
region Garfield County, Utah ⓘ
Kane County, Utah ⓘ
rockType sedimentary rock ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Bryce Canyon National Park ⓘ
surface form: Bryce Canyon area
subunit Pink Member ⓘ
White Member ⓘ
thickness hundreds of meters ⓘ
weatheringStyle differential erosion ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bryce Canyon National Park → geologicalFeature → Claron Formation ⓘ
Queen's Garden Trail → hasGeologicalFeature → Claron Formation ⓘ
Fairyland Loop Trail → geology → Claron Formation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Claron Formation sedimentary rocks
Bryce Amphitheater → composedOf → Claron Formation ⓘ
Thor's Hammer hoodoo → composedOf → Claron Formation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Claron Formation dolomite
Thor's Hammer hoodoo → composedOf → Claron Formation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Claron Formation mudstone
Sunrise Point → geologicalFeatureVisible → Claron Formation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Claron Formation hoodoos
Peekaboo Loop Trail → geologicalContext → Claron Formation ⓘ