Temple Cap Formation

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The Temple Cap Formation is a Middle Jurassic sandstone and siltstone rock unit prominently exposed on the cliffs and mesas of the Colorado Plateau in southern Utah.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Temple Cap Formation canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation ⓘ
rock unit ⓘ
ageRange approximately 174–170 million years ago ⓘ
contains cross-bedded sandstone ⓘ
siltstone beds ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment eolian ⓘ
shallow marine ⓘ
exposedAt cliffs ⓘ
mesas ⓘ
geologicAge Middle Jurassic ⓘ
geologicPeriod Jurassic ⓘ
geologicProvince Colorado Plateau Province ⓘ
linked to: Colorado Plateau
lithology sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
locatedIn southern Utah ⓘ
namedFor Temple Cap ⓘ
notableExposure Capitol Reef National Park area ⓘ
Zion National Park area ⓘ
linked to: Zion National Park
overlies Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
partOf Colorado Plateau ⓘ
region southwestern United States ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Colorado Plateau sedimentary sequence ⓘ
subdivisionOf San Rafael Group ⓘ
underlies Carmel Formation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Navajo Sandstone → underlies → Temple Cap Formation ⓘ
San Rafael Group → contains → Temple Cap Formation ⓘ