Morrison Formation (AZJm;0)

Morrison Formation

Commonly cliff-forming, cross-bedded sandstone lenses alternating with slope-forming siltstone, mudstone and shale. Colors are highly variable, and include greenish gray, reddish brown, pink, white, and purple. Sands were deposited by braided streams with finer sediment representing overbank or lacustrine deposits. (145-160 Ma)

State	Arizona
Name	Morrison Formation
Geologic age	Late Jurassic
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed) Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Lens) Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone (Bed) Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Stratigraphic units	Morrison 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 - Navajo

Morrison Formation

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.