San Rafael Group

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The San Rafael Group is a Middle Jurassic sedimentary rock sequence in the western United States known for its widespread sandstones, siltstones, and marine to marginal-marine deposits.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
San Rafael Group canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic group ⓘ
sedimentary rock unit ⓘ
contains Carmel Formation ⓘ
Entrada Sandstone ⓘ
Page Sandstone ⓘ
linked to: Nugget Sandstone

Temple Cap Formation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment coastal eolian ⓘ
marginal-marine ⓘ
shallow marine ⓘ
tidal flat ⓘ
geologicAge Middle Jurassic ⓘ
hasColor red ⓘ
tan ⓘ
white ⓘ
hasEconomicResource building stone ⓘ
groundwater aquifer ⓘ
hasGeologicPeriod Jurassic ⓘ
isRegionalEquivalentOf Curtis Formation ⓘ
Summerville Formation ⓘ
lithology limestone ⓘ
marginal-marine sedimentary rocks ⓘ
marine sedimentary rocks ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
namedFor San Rafael Swell ⓘ
overlies Glen Canyon Group ⓘ
Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
partOf Colorado Plateau ⓘ
preserves Middle Jurassic fossils ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Colorado Plateau region ⓘ
linked to: Colorado Plateau
thickness hundreds of meters ⓘ
underlies Morrison Formation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Morrison Formation → geologicGroup → San Rafael Group ⓘ
Summerville Formation → partOf → San Rafael Group ⓘ
Temple Cap Formation → subdivisionOf → San Rafael Group ⓘ
Carmel Formation → partOf → San Rafael Group ⓘ
Glen Canyon Group → underlies → San Rafael Group ⓘ
Curtis Formation → stratigraphicUnitOf → San Rafael Group ⓘ