White Rim Sandstone
(in Cutler Group)
Age:
Figure 1: Paleogeographic map of the Middle Permian, Kaibab Formation. (Blakey, 2008) |
Early Permian, 280 million years ago
Depositional Environment:
Coastal dune field (eolian with some marine transgressions)
Paleogeography:
Sediment deposition was affected by the Uncompahgre uplift , but by the end of the Permian the Uncompahgre mountains had been worn down and was not longer a major sediment source.
Tectonics:
The collision of the Gondwana Plate with the North American Plate resulted in the Uncompahgre highland.
Climate: Warm
Warm current winds
Features:
Sites Best to See it:
Stop 2-8: Goosenecks Overlook as seen at Panorama Point
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