Trinidad Sandstone

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Trinidad Sandstone is a geologic rock formation known for its prominent sandstone layers exposed in parts of the southern Rocky Mountain region of the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation ⓘ
sedimentary rock unit ⓘ
color light-colored ⓘ
contains cross-bedded sandstone ⓘ
invertebrate fossils ⓘ
marine fossils ⓘ
trace fossils ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment deltaic ⓘ
nearshore marine ⓘ
shoreface ⓘ
economicUse building stone ⓘ
construction material ⓘ
exposedIn Raton Basin ⓘ
northeastern New Mexico ⓘ
southeastern Colorado ⓘ
geologicAge Cretaceous ⓘ
Late Cretaceous ⓘ
grainSize fine- to medium-grained ⓘ
lithology sandstone ⓘ
namedFor Trinidad, Colorado ⓘ
notableFeature prominent sandstone cliffs ⓘ
well-exposed stratigraphic sections ⓘ
overlies Vermejo Formation ⓘ
partOf Western Interior Basin ⓘ
region Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
southern Rocky Mountains ⓘ
rockType clastic sedimentary rock ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Rocky Mountain region ⓘ
studiedIn Cretaceous paleoenvironments of the southern Rockies ⓘ
stratigraphy of the Raton Basin ⓘ
thickness tens of meters ⓘ
underlies Raton Formation ⓘ

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

Raton Basin → contains → Trinidad Sandstone ⓘ
Raton Formation → underlies → Trinidad Sandstone (locally, in some classifications) ⓘ
linked to: Trinidad Sandstone
Vermejo Formation → overlies → Trinidad Sandstone ⓘ
Raton Basin coal fields → stratigraphicUnits → Trinidad Sandstone ⓘ