Navajo Sandstone
Geologic formation in the southwestern United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Navajo Sandstone?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
The Navajo Sandstone is a geological formation in the Glen Canyon Group that is spread across the U.S. states of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, northwest Colorado, and Utah as part of the Colorado Plateau province of the United States.[2]
Quick Facts Type, Unit of ...
Navajo Sandstone | |
---|---|
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Sinemurian ~200–195 Ma | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Glen Canyon Group |
Underlies | Carmel Formation and Page and Temple Cap sandstones, separated by J-1 and J-2 unconformities |
Overlies | Kayenta Formation with conformable and interfingering contact |
Thickness | Up to 2,300 ft (700 m) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Eolian sandstone |
Other | Lacustrine limestone and dolomite |
Location | |
Coordinates | 36.7°N 110.8°W / 36.7; -110.8 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 23.9°N 48.5°W / 23.9; -48.5 |
Region | Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah |
Country | United States of America |
Extent | 102,300 sq mi (264,955.8 km2) - original extent of the Navajo Sand Sea may have been 2.5 times larger than this remaining outcrop |
Type section | |
Named for | Navajo County |
Named by | Gregory and Stone[1] |
Year defined | 1917 |
Close