Sedona Through Time: Geology of the Red Rocks |
Contents
Prelude to the Red Rocks The Redwall Limestone | 5 |
Coastal Sand Dunes Schnebly Hill Formation | 18 |
A Changing Coastline Toroweap Formation | 31 |
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accumulated ahead Ancestral Ancestral Mogollon ancient Apache basalt Beavertail gravel beds Bell Rock beneath called central cliff Coconino Sandstone Colorado colorful contained covered Crossing deposits direction dunes earth east entire environment eolian eroded erosion evidence existed exposed Fault feet Figure flows formed geologic geologists grains Grand Canyon Hermit Formation Highway House Mountain important Kaibab Formation landscape lava limestone located look Member miles million years ago Mogollon Highlands Mogollon Rim northern Arizona Oak Creek Canyon Oak Creek Fault occurred originated Paleozoic Park period Plateau present preserved record red rocks relatively Rim gravel rivers road roadcut Rocky Rojo Member sand sandstone Schnebly Hill Formation sediment sedimentary rocks Sedona area setting side slope southeast strata studies Supai Group surface Sycamore Sycamore Canyon thick Toroweap Formation unit Valley Verde volcano Wilson