Redwall Limestone
Redwall Limestone is a resistant cliff-forming unit that forms prominent, red-stained cliffs that range in height from 500 feet (150 m) to 800 feet (240 m). Dating to the Mississippian age, it consists predominately of light-olive-gray to light-gray, thin-bedded, fine- to coarse-grained, thin- to thick-bedded, often cherty, limestone. Its lower part consists of brownish-gray, interbedded finely crystalline dolomite and fine- to coarse-grained limestone with layers of white chert lenses and yellowish-gray and brownish-gray, cliff-forming, thick-bedded, fine-grained dolomite. It is divided into Horseshoe Mesa Member, Mooney Falls Member, Thunder Springs Member, and Whitmore Wash Member.
Redwall Limestone
Redwall Limestone is a resistant cliff-forming unit that forms prominent, red-stained cliffs that range in height from 500 feet (150 m) to 800 feet (240 m). Dating to the Mississippian age, it consists predominately of light-olive-gray to light-gray, thin-bedded, fine- to coarse-grained, thin- to thick-bedded, often cherty, limestone. Its lower part consists of brownish-gray, interbedded finely crystalline dolomite and fine- to coarse-grained limestone with layers of white chert lenses and yellowish-gray and brownish-gray, cliff-forming, thick-bedded, fine-grained dolomite. It is divided into Horseshoe Mesa Member, Mooney Falls Member, Thunder Springs Member, and Whitmore Wash Member.
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Redwall Limestone is a resista ...... the Surprise Canyon Formation.
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Early and early Late Mississippian
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Redwall Limestone cliff, and u ...... anyon, adjacent Granite Gorge.
The bottom of Redwall cliffs t ...... ons of Muav Limestone cliffs .
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Named for red appearance of its escarpment on either side of the Grand Canyon.
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dolomite and chert
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Muav Limestone and Temple Butte Limestone
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fossiliferous limestone
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Northern Arizona, southeast California, New Mexico, and southern Utah
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Redwall Limestone is a resista ...... ber, and Whitmore Wash Member.
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Redwall Limestone
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