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Canyonlands National Park
Moenkopi Formation
 
photo: Aerial view of Murphy Hogback on the White Rim Road. This mesa is in the Moenkopi Formation.
NPS Photo by Neal Herbert
Aerial view of Murphy Hogback on the White Rim Road. This mesa is in the Moenkopi Formation.
 

Deposited
Triassic Period (208 to 245 million years ago)

Depositional Environment
Tropical tidal flat

Appearance
Dark red-brown, ledge-forming sandstones and siltstones

Example
Irregular slopes with ledges just above the White Rim Road at the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands.

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Last Updated: July 01, 2011 at 10:03 MST