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Department of Geology and Geography
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372

Phone: 910.775.4024
Fax: 910.521.6606
Email: geo@uncp.edu

Location: Old Main, Room 213
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bryce canon national park

From Zion National Park, we drove east to Bryce Canyon National Park where we saw the youngest layers of sedimentary rocks on our trip. The uppermost strata in this area of Bryce Canyon are freshwater limestones, limey siltstones and shales of the Tertiary Claron Formation. The variable coloration of the layers results from oxidation of iron and manganese interstratified with unoxidized layers.

Rim View

Rim View

 

Trademark view of Utah's colorscape...fins and hoodoos of Bryce Canyon

Trademark view of Utah's colorscape...fins and hoodoos of Bryce Canyon

 

Hoodoo

Hoodoo

 

A view from the bottom of Bryce Canyon

A view from the bottom of Bryce Canyon

Updated: Wednesday, January 12, 2011

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