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  2. List of rock formations in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Spider Rock Pinnacle Balanced Rock The West and East Mitten Buttes Window Rock. Antelope Canyon; Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Spider Rock; Capitol Butte; Cathedral Rock, Red Rock State Park, Sedona; Cathedral Rock (Coconino County, Arizona) Chaistla Butte; Chiricahua National Monument. Big Balanced Rock; Duck on a Rock; Mushroom Rock ...

  3. Geology of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Shaded relief map of the United States, showing 10 geological provinces. The richly textured landscape of the United States is a product of the dueling forces of plate tectonics, weathering and erosion. Over the 4.5 billion-year history of the Earth, tectonic upheavals and colliding plates have raised great mountain ranges while the forces of ...

  4. Glen Canyon Group - Wikipedia

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    The Glen Canyon Group is a geologic group of formations that is spread across the U.S. states of Nevada, Utah, northern Arizona, north west New Mexico and western Colorado. It is called the Glen Canyon Sandstone in the Green River Basin of Colorado and Utah. [1] There are four formations within the group.

  5. Morrison Formation - Wikipedia

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    The Morrison Formation is a distinctive sequence of Upper Jurassic sedimentary rock found in the western United States which has been the most fertile source of dinosaur fossils in North America. It is composed of mudstone , sandstone , siltstone , and limestone and is light gray, greenish gray, or red.

  6. Category:Rock formations of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rock formations of the United States by state (28 C) C. Columnar basalts of the United States (10 P) G. Glacial erratics of the United States (1 C, 9 P) L.

  7. List of rock formations - Wikipedia

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    A rock formation is an isolated, scenic, or spectacular surface rock outcrop. Rock formations are usually the result of weathering and erosion sculpting the existing rock. The term rock formation can also refer to specific sedimentary strata or other rock unit in stratigraphic and petrologic studies. A rock structure can be created in any rock ...

  8. Category : Rock formations of the United States by state

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    Natural arches of the United States by state (22 C) Glacial erratics of the United States by state (4 C) A. ... Rock formations of New York (state) (2 C, 3 P) O.

  9. Category:Geologic formations of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rock formations of the United States (9 C, 12 P) * Precambrian United States (1 C, 25 P) + Geologic formations of Puerto Rico (3 C, 12 P) C. Cambrian United States ...