Desert Maritime
Geology
Faults, formations, and events that shaped the rivers, canyons, and mountains.
Features
Faults, anticlines, monoclines, arches, and other discrete physical features.
Rock Units
Named rock units that crop out across the corridor — sandstones, limestones, shales, and the stories they preserve. See how they stack up in each corridor in the regional rock columns.
- Bright Angel Shale
- Browns Park Formation
- Carmel Formation
- Cedar Mesa Sandstone
- Cedar Mountain Formation
- Chinle Formation
- Coconino Sandstone
- Curtis Formation
- Cutler Group
- Dakota Sandstone
- Elephant Canyon Formation
- Entrada Sandstone
- Glen Canyon Group
- Grand Canyon Supergroup
- Green River Formation
- Hermit Formation
- Hermosa Group
- Honaker Trail Formation
- Kaibab Limestone
- Kayenta Formation
- Lodore Formation
- Madison Limestone
- Mancos Shale
- Mesaverde Group
- Moenave Formation
- Moenkopi Formation
- Molas Formation
- Morgan Formation
- Morrison Formation
- Muav Limestone
- Navajo Sandstone
- Nugget Sandstone
- Organ Rock Formation
- Paradox Formation
- Park City Formation
- Pinkerton Trail Formation
- Redwall Limestone
- San Rafael Group
- Summerville Formation
- Supai Group
- Surprise Canyon Formation
- Tapeats Sandstone
- Temple Butte Formation
- Tonto Group
- Toroweap Formation
- Uinta Formation
- Uinta Mountain Group
- Uncompahgre Uplift Basement
- Vishnu Schist
- Wasatch Formation
- Weber Sandstone
- White Rim Sandstone
- Wingate Sandstone
- Zoroaster Granite
Events
Temporal events — orogenies, uplifts, lake drainages, and the deep-time forces still shaping the landscape.