Glen Canyon Group

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The Glen Canyon Group is a sequence of Early Jurassic sedimentary rock formations in the southwestern United States, notable for its extensive desert and fluvial deposits that record the transition from arid dune fields to river and lake environments.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Glen Canyon Group canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic group ⓘ
chronostratigraphicRange Hettangian ⓘ
Pliensbachian ⓘ
Sinemurian ⓘ
containsDeposits eolian sandstone ⓘ
fluvial deposits ⓘ
lacustrine deposits ⓘ
containsFossils dinosaur tracks ⓘ
vertebrate fossils ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
depositionalSetting continental ⓘ
economicUse aquifer ⓘ
environmentOfDeposition desert dune field ⓘ
lake system ⓘ
river system ⓘ
geologicAge Early Jurassic ⓘ
geologicPeriod Jurassic ⓘ
grainSize fine- to medium-grained sandstone ⓘ
hasColor reddish ⓘ
tan ⓘ
includesFormation Kayenta Formation ⓘ
Moenave Formation ⓘ
Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Wingate Sandstone ⓘ
lithology conglomerate ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
locatedIn southwestern United States ⓘ
namedFor Glen Canyon ⓘ
notableExposure Arches National Park ⓘ
Canyonlands National Park ⓘ
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ⓘ
Zion National Park ⓘ
overlies Chinle Formation ⓘ
partOf Colorado Plateau ⓘ
porosity high in sandstone units ⓘ
recordsTransition arid dune fields to river and lake environments ⓘ
region Arizona ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
researchSignificance record of Early Jurassic paleoclimate on the Colorado Plateau ⓘ
stratigraphicThickness hundreds of meters (approximate) ⓘ
tectonicSetting passive continental interior basin ⓘ
underlies San Rafael Group ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Kayenta Formation → partOf → Glen Canyon Group ⓘ
San Rafael Group → overlies → Glen Canyon Group ⓘ
Wingate Sandstone → stratigraphicGroup → Glen Canyon Group ⓘ