The San Rafael Swell is a large geologic feature located in south-central Utah, United States about 16 miles (26 km) west of Green River. The San Rafael Swell, measuring approximately 75 by 40 miles (121 by 64 km), consists of a giant dome-shaped anticline of sandstone, shale, and limestone that was pushed up during the Paleocene Laramide Orogeny 60–40 million years ago. Since that time, infrequent but powerful flash floods have eroded the sedimentary rocks into numerous valleys, canyons, gorges, mesas, buttes, and badlands.
The swell is part of the Colorado Plateau physiographic region.
SanRafaelSwell is a large geologic feature located in south-central Utah, United States about 16 miles (26 km) west of Green River. The SanRafael Swell...
I-70 crosses a geologic feature called the SanRafaelSwell. The construction of the freeway through the swell is listed as one of the engineering marvels...
north side of the Coal Cliffs and the prominent anticline called the SanRafaelSwell, passing north of Window Butte (Window Blind Peak) and through two...
hoodoos in the world. The park lies within the SanRafael Desert on the southeastern edge of the SanRafaelSwell, north of the Henry Mountains. Utah State...
route passes through the Eisenhower Tunnel, Glenwood Canyon, and the SanRafaelSwell. The Eisenhower Tunnel is the highest point along the Interstate Highway...
its type section at Entrada Point, located in the northern part the SanRafaelSwell in Emery County, Utah, the Entrada consists of red silty sandstone...
as the Sinbad Limestone Member, it was one of four members in the SanRafaelSwell including also the Black Dragon Member, Torrey Member and Moody Canyon...
in Utah, with the largest concentration of sites in and around the SanRafaelSwell and Canyonlands National Park, but the full range extends into much...
mostly by plateaus and basins, particularly the Tavaputs Plateau and SanRafaelSwell, which remain mostly inaccessible, and the Uinta Basin, where the majority...
Desert (3,270 sq mi) Colorado Plateau Utah SanRafael Desert, the drier portions of the SanRafaelSwell Colorado, dominated by pinyon–juniper woodlands...
SanRafael may refer to: SanRafael, Mendoza SanRafael Department, Mendoza SanRafael de Velasco, capital of SanRafael Municipality SanRafael Municipality...
found along Black Dragon wash upstream of the famous petroglyphs area, SanRafaelSwell, Utah. Clastic dikes associated with impact craters – Sandstone dikes...
parks and monuments. These include Capitol Reef National Park, the SanRafaelSwell, and Canyonlands National Park. Wingate Sandstone frequently appears...
Valley Colorado Plateau Dixie Great Salt Lake Desert Mojave Desert SanRafaelSwell Uinta Mountains Wasatch Back Wasatch Front Wasatch Range Burlington...
monolith located on the eastern side of Sids Mountain in the Utah SanRafaelSwell wilderness area. It is situated 2.1 miles (3.4 km) northwest of Window...
Emery County, Utah, United States. Assembly Hall Peak is part of the SanRafaelSwell and is located in the Mexican Mountain Wilderness Study Area which...
type locality. They noted it as a basal formation in the SanRafael Group in SanRafaelSwell, in Emery County, Utah. An overview along with a type locality...
Park's Joint Trail, throughout Capitol Reef National Park, within the SanRafaelSwell and the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, especially along...
found, is a paleontological site located near Cleveland, Utah, in the SanRafaelSwell, a part of the geological layers known as the Morrison Formation. Well...
marine influence in their formation in the northwestern exposures at SanRafaelSwell, with formations composed of limestone, mudstone, gypsum, and silty...
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