San Rafael Swell ~ Utah
Buried In Stone: The San Rafael Swell is a kaleidoscope of colors splashed across a rugged landscape of cliffs, canyons arches and pinnacles. Erosion sculpts th...
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Buried In Stone: The San Rafael Swell is a kaleidoscope of colors splashed across a rugged landscape of cliffs, canyons arches and pinnacles. Erosion sculpts the stone, but the environment in which it was deposited determines its color. In general, the brighter colors, red, yellow, and orange, are present in rocks deposited where oxygen was present. Examples of these environments are sand dunes and floodplain material higher in the water table. The duller colors, gray, light green, and purple, are present in rocks where there was no oxygen as they were deposited. These would be formed at the bottom of an inland sea or below a water table. These boggy places also trapped the bodies of dinosaurs and preserved their bones as fossils. The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry to the north [of this location] has yielded hundreds of dinosaur fossils. This world famous quarry has produced more dinosaur mounts for display in museums than any other in the world. (Copied word-for-word from a sign near the location of this photo.) Near Ferron, Utah on I-70.
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