Cedar Mesa Sandstone
E950479
Cedar Mesa Sandstone is a Permian-age sedimentary rock formation of thick, pale sandstone layers widely exposed on the Colorado Plateau in southeastern Utah.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic formation
ⓘ
sedimentary rock unit ⓘ |
| bedding | thick-bedded ⓘ |
| color |
light-colored
ⓘ
pale tan ⓘ |
| contains |
carbonate lenses
ⓘ
interbedded shale ⓘ interbedded siltstone ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depositionalEnvironment |
coastal sabkha
ⓘ
eolian ⓘ shallow-marine ⓘ |
| exposedAt |
Bears Ears region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cedar Mesa, Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Gulch area NERFINISHED ⓘ Natural Bridges National Monument vicinity ⓘ |
| forms |
canyons
ⓘ
cliffs ⓘ mesas ⓘ |
| geologicAge | Permian ⓘ |
| geologicPeriod | Permian ⓘ |
| geologicTimeSpan | Early Permian ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse | building stone (local) ⓘ |
| lithology | sandstone ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado Plateau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southeastern Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedFor | Cedar Mesa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlies | Honaker Trail Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cutler Formation (historical usage)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cutler Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLithology | pale sandstone ⓘ |
| region | Four Corners area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sedimentaryStructure |
cross-bedding
ⓘ
ripple marks ⓘ |
| stratigraphicUnitOf | Colorado Plateau stratigraphy ⓘ |
| texture | fine- to medium-grained ⓘ |
| thickness | hundreds of meters (variable) ⓘ |
| underlies | Organ Rock Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | stratigraphic correlation on the Colorado Plateau ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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