Shinarump Cliff on Escalante River. Utah.
USGS Earth Science Photographic Archive digital file: hjk00589
The Shinarump Member is at the base of the Chinle Formation (Triassic).
The Shinurump Cliff is also called the "Chocolate Cliffs" in the
"Grand Staircase" -- the name for the step-like escarpments sequence
produced by Mesozoic- and Tertiary-age sandstone north of the Colorado River
in southern Utah and Arizona. |