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Blue Mesa Member
Stratigraphic range: Late Triassic, early Norian 223–218 Ma
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The Tepees, Petrified Forest National Park
Typemember
Unit ofChinle Formation
Lithology
Primarymudstone, sandstone
Location
RegionColorado Plateau
ExtentBlue Mesa Member Arizona
Blue Mesa Member Utah

The Blue Mesa Member is a member of the Chinle Formation. It is located in the Petrified Forest National Park of northeast Arizona.[1]

  1. ^ Gehrels, George; Giesler, Dominique; Olsen, Paul; Kent, Dennis; Marsh, Adam; Parker, William; Rasmussen, Cornelia; Mundil, Roland; Irmis, Randall; Geissman, John; Lepre, Christopher (2020-09-23). "LA-ICPMS U–Pb geochronology of detrital zircon grains from the Coconino, Moenkopi, and Chinle formations in the Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona)". Geochronology. 2 (2): 257–282. doi:10.5194/gchron-2-257-2020.

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