Moenkopi Formation

Balanced rock in the Moenkopi Formation

NPS/Herbert

 

Deposited:
Triassic Period (208 to 245 million years ago)

Depositional Environment:
Tropical tidal flat

Appearance:
Dark red-brown, ledge-forming sandstones and siltstones

Example:
Irregular slopes with ledges just above the White Rim Road at the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands

 

Rock Strata

Layer Above: Chinle Formation

Current Layer: Moenkopi Formation

Layer Below: White Rim Sandstone, part of Cutler Group