NPS/Herbert
This layer does not occur in Canyonlands, but is dramatically visible throughout Arches National Park.
Deposited: Mid to late Jurassic (144 to 208 million years ago)
Depositional Environment: Windblown sand dunes
Appearance: Red, cross-bedded, arch-forming sandstone
Example: Monitor and Merrimac buttes along Highway 313 to the Island in the Sky
Last updated: December 14, 2015
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