Navajo Sandstone

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Navajo Sandstone is a massive, pale to reddish Jurassic-age sandstone formation on the Colorado Plateau, renowned for its sweeping cross-bedded cliffs and iconic desert landscapes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation ⓘ
sedimentary rock unit ⓘ
cementType calcite cement ⓘ
iron oxide cement ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
depositionalSetting arid continental ⓘ
diageneticFeature color banding ⓘ
iron concretions ⓘ
environmentOfDeposition eolian dune field ⓘ
erg ⓘ
exposedIn Arizona ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
formsLandformsAt Arches National Park ⓘ
Canyonlands National Park ⓘ
Capitol Reef National Park ⓘ
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ⓘ
Zion National Park ⓘ
fossilContent dinosaur tracks ⓘ
invertebrate trace fossils ⓘ
vertebrate burrows ⓘ
geologicAge Jurassic ⓘ
geologicPeriod Early Jurassic ⓘ
grainSize fine to medium ⓘ
knownFor iconic desert landscapes ⓘ
photogenic red rock scenery ⓘ
lithology sandstone ⓘ
namedFor Navajo people ⓘ
notableFeature large-scale cross-bedding ⓘ
steep canyon walls ⓘ
sweeping cliffs ⓘ
overlies Kayenta Formation ⓘ
partOf Colorado Plateau ⓘ
permeability high ⓘ
porosity high ⓘ
primarySediment quartz sand ⓘ
regionalExtent southwestern United States ⓘ
role aquifer ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Glen Canyon Group ⓘ
linked to: Kayenta Formation
thickness up to several hundred meters ⓘ
typicalColor pale ⓘ
reddish ⓘ
underlies Carmel Formation ⓘ
Temple Cap Formation ⓘ
weatheringPattern rounded domes ⓘ
slickrock surfaces ⓘ

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Colorado Plateau → notableRockFormations → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Colorado Plateau → notableRockFormations → Wingate Sandstone ⓘ
linked to: Navajo Sandstone
Arches National Park → rockType → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Colorado National Monument → geology → Colorado Plateau sandstone ⓘ
linked to: Navajo Sandstone
Horseshoe Bend → geologicalFormation → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Capitol Reef National Park → hasRockUnits → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Kayenta Formation → underlies → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Zion Canyon → rockType → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Angels Landing trail → geology → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Checkerboard Mesa → composedOf → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Zion–Mount Carmel Tunnel → passesThrough → Navajo Sandstone cliffs ⓘ
linked to: Navajo Sandstone
Observation Point → geology → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Horse Ranch Mountain → geology → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Entrada Sandstone → overlies → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Devils Garden → rockType → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
San Rafael Group → overlies → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Blue John Canyon → geologicalFormation → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Park Avenue → hasRockType → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Waterpocket Fold → composedOf → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Capitol Gorge → hasRockType → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Cassidy Arch → rockUnit → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Grand Wash → hasRockType → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Wingate Sandstone → underlies → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Escalante River canyons → geology → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Calf Creek Falls → geologicalFormation → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Zebra Slot Canyon → formedIn → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Paria River area → geology → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Butler Wash → geologicalFormation → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Comb Ridge → contains → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Temple Cap Formation → overlies → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Carmel Formation → overlies → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Glen Canyon Group → includesFormation → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Coyote Gulch → hasGeologicalFeature → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Chute Canyon → geology → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Little Wild Horse Canyon → rockType → Navajo Sandstone (predominant) ⓘ
linked to: Navajo Sandstone
San Rafael Reef → rockType → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Parowan Gap Petroglyphs → carvedOn → Navajo Sandstone cliffs ⓘ
linked to: Navajo Sandstone
Hickman Bridge → rockUnit → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Virgin River Gorge → geology → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Near The Grotto in Zion Canyon → geologyContext → Navajo Sandstone cliffs ⓘ
subject linked to: near The Grotto in Zion Canyon
linked to: Navajo Sandstone
The Narrows → hasRockType → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Weeping Rock → geologicalContext → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Court of the Patriarchs → composedOf → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Big Bend → geology → Navajo Sandstone cliffs ⓘ
linked to: Navajo Sandstone
Zion–Mount Carmel Highway → passesThrough → Navajo Sandstone formations ⓘ
linked to: Navajo Sandstone
Zion Wilderness → geology → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Great White Throne → material → Navajo Sandstone ⓘ