The Navajo Sandstone is a geological formation in the Glen Canyon Group that is spread across the U.S. states of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, northwest...

Formation. The principal aquifer in the region is contained in Navajo Sandstone. Navajo is the most prominent formation exposed in Zion Canyon with the...

consists of intersecting U-shaped troughs that have been eroded into Navajo Sandstone of Jurassic age. The two major troughs which comprise this rock formation...

introduced in 1991 Navajo Sandstone, a geologic formation in the Glen Canyon Group Navajo-Churro sheep, a breed of sheep Piper PA-31 Navajo, a light, twin...

which can be found eroding in great abundance out of outcrops of the Navajo Sandstone within south-central and southeastern Utah. These concretions range...

billion years. The peak of Navajo Mountain, at approximately 10,388 feet (3,166 m), is made up of uplifted Dakota Sandstone deposited during the Cretaceous...

varied as rivers and swamps (Chinle Formation), Sahara-like deserts (Navajo Sandstone), and shallow ocean (Mancos Shale). The area's first known sediments...

Navajo guided tour only. Antelope Canyon was formed by the erosion of Navajo Sandstone due to flash flooding and other sub-aerial processes. Rainwater, especially...

640 ft (800 m) deep. The canyon walls are reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone eroded by the North Fork of the Virgin River. The park attracted 5...

of the Chinle Formation in the center and the Navajo Sandstone along the rim. The Cedar Mesa Sandstone comprised the Needles District. Canyons comprise...

(in ascending order) the Wingate Sandstone, the Moenave Formation, the Kayenta Formation, and the Navajo Sandstone. Each of the formations can be distinguished...

Formation, the cliff-forming Wingate Sandstone, the Kayenta Formation, and the crossbedded Triassic-Jurassic Navajo Sandstone. Structurally, the dome is anomalous...

additional changes to the sandstone, such as dissolution of some of the cement to produce secondary porosity. Alcove in the Navajo Sandstone Kokh-type tombs cut...

Waterpocket Fold by the Fremont River. The park was named for its whitish Navajo Sandstone cliffs with dome formations—similar to the white domes often placed...

Section High Plateaus Section Grand Canyon Section Canyon Lands Section Navajo Section Datil Section As the name implies, the High Plateaus Section is...

Wingate Sandstone interfingering with the Moenave Formation and the Navajo Sandstone with the Kayenta Formation. The Navajo and Nugget Sandstones were part...

rectangular In 1933, Max Littlesalt, a Navajo Indian, discovered the holotype in Tsegi Canyon of the Navajo Sandstone of Coconino County, Arizona. The specimen...

Canyonlands National Park. Wingate Sandstone frequently appears just below the Kayenta Formation and Navajo Sandstone, two other formations of the Glen...

Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning "valley of the rocks") is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized...

of sandstone originally deposited by wind as sand dunes during the end of the Triassic and the Jurassic periods. The bridge lintel consists of Navajo Sandstone...

an exposure of cross-bedded aeolian Jurassic Navajo Sandstone. The variable coloration of the sandstones is a result of various iron oxide pigments within...

region and the vast Navajo Sandstone was deposited. An additional sequence of stream laid and windblown sediments, the Entrada Sandstone (about 140 Mya),...

Navajo Nation Council Chamber (Navajo: Béésh bąąh dah si'ání) is the center of government for the Navajo Nation. The landmark building, in Window Rock...

of Bear Valley Strip Mine, near Shamokin, Pennsylvania Syncline in Navajo Sandstone, Upheaval Dome, Canyonlands National Park, Utah Satellite view of part...

to Navajo Sandstone, an iron oxide cement sandstone, and displays all steps of the fin to spire erosion and formation process. The Entrada Sandstone formation...

formation dome made of a gold color stained Navajo Sandstone, which is particularly special because normally the sandstone is creamy white or red. The presence...

overlying sediments from the eastern Grand Canyon. This exposed the Navajo Sandstone, the surface rock found throughout the Horseshoe Bend area, which also...

the window formation of sandstone (Entrada Sandstone) which the community is named after. The Navajo Nation Museum, the Navajo Nation Zoological and Botanical...

Goose, Pine, and Oak Creeks. Geologically Zion Canyon is part of the Navajo sandstone Colorado Plateau, which contained many joints and cracks when first...

frequently appears as a thinner dark broken layer below Navajo Sandstone and above Wingate Sandstone (all three formations are in the same group). Together...