Glen Canyon Group (AZJgc;0)

Glen Canyon Group

Conspicuous red, cross-bedded Wingate Sandstone and the conspicuously cross-bedded, eolian, red to buff Navajo Sandstone form prominent cliffs in northern Arizona. These two sandstone units are separated by variably colored siltstone, silty sandstone, and sandstone of the Kayenta and Moenave Formations. (180-210 Ma)

State	Arizona
Name	Glen Canyon Group
Geologic age	Early Jurassic
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed) Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Sandstone-mudstone (Bed) Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)
Stratigraphic units	Navajo Sandstone, Kayenta Formation, Moenave Formation
References	Richard, S.M., Reynolds, S.J., Spencer, J.E., and Pearthree, P.A., 2000, Geologic Map of Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Map 35, 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000. Blakey, R.C., 1989, Triassic and Jurassic geology of the southern Colorado Plateau, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., editors, Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest 17, p. 369-396.
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 34746
Counties	Apache - Coconino - Mohave - Navajo

Glen Canyon Group

Richard, S.M., Reynolds, S.J., Spencer, J.E., and Pearthree, P.A., 2000, Geologic Map of Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Map 35, 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Blakey, R.C., 1989, Triassic and Jurassic geology of the southern Colorado Plateau, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., editors, Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest 17, p. 369-396.