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Rock layers of the Moenkopi Formation in Zion National Park. The Moenkopi Formation is a geological formation that is spread across the U.S. states of New Mexico, northern Arizona, Nevada, southeastern California, eastern Utah and western Colorado. This unit is considered to be a group in Arizona.
The youngest member of the Moenkopi is the 320 to 430 foot (98 to 130 m) thick Moody Canyon Member. Moody Canyon is informally sub-divided into two units: [10] a lower slope-forming 200 to 300 foot (60 to 90 m) thick unit of reddish-brown siltstone and; an upper cliff-forming 120 to 130 foot (37 to 40 m) thick unit of reddish-orange siltstone.
Sea Rim State Park: Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site: Val Verde 2,172.5 acres (879.2 ha) 1980 Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site: Sheldon Lake State Park and Environmental Learning Center: Harris 1,200 acres (1133 ha) 1984 John Jacob Observation Tower: South Llano River State Park: Kimble 2,600 acres (1052 ha) 1990
The Grand Staircase is an immense sequence of sedimentary rock layers that stretch south from Bryce Canyon National Park through Zion National Park and into the Grand Canyon. Within this sequence, the oldest exposed formation in the Zion and Kolob canyons area is the youngest exposed formation in the Grand Canyon —the Kaibab limestone . [ 2 ]
Moenkopi outcrops are found along the Colorado River in Marble Canyon, on Cedar Mountain (a mesa near the southeastern park border), and in Red Butte (located south of Grand Canyon Village). [57] Remnants of the Shinarump Conglomerate , itself a member of the Chinle Formation , are above the Moenkopi Formation near the top of Red Butte but ...
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Moenkopi (Hopi: Mùnqapi, Navajo: Oozéí Hayázhí) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to the southeast side of Tuba City off U.S. Route 160. The population was 964 at the 2010 census .
The Navajo Sandstone is particularly prominent in southern Utah, where it forms the main attractions of a number of national parks and monuments including Arches National Park, Zion National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Canyonlands National Park, [3] Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, [4] and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument.