Supai Group

E129872

The Supai Group is a prominent sequence of red sandstone, siltstone, and shale rock layers that forms striking cliffs and slopes in many canyons and mesas across the Colorado Plateau.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Supai Group canonical 6
Chugwater Group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic group ⓘ
stratigraphic unit ⓘ
color red ⓘ
contains fossils ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment deltaic ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
shallow marine ⓘ
exposedIn Arizona ⓘ
Canyonlands region ⓘ
linked to: Colorado Plateau

Colorado ⓘ
Grand Canyon ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
forms buttes ⓘ
cliffs ⓘ
mesas ⓘ
slopes ⓘ
geologicAge Pennsylvanian ⓘ
Permian ⓘ
lithology sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
namedFor Supai ⓘ
notableFor prominent red rock cliffs on the Colorado Plateau ⓘ
overlies Redwall Limestone ⓘ
partOf Colorado Plateau ⓘ
region Southwestern United States ⓘ
thickness hundreds of meters ⓘ
underlies Hermit Formation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sundance Formation → overlies → Chugwater Group ⓘ
linked to: Supai Group
Redwall Limestone → underlies → Supai Group ⓘ
Hermit Formation → underlies → Supai Group ⓘ
Hermit Formation → overlainBy → Supai Group ⓘ
Hermit Trail → passesThrough → Supai Group ⓘ
Dana Butte → hasGeologicalUnit → Supai Group ⓘ