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Description: Monoclinal fold on the north side of the Uinta Mountains, Utah. Note how the light-colored Madison and Deseret Limestones (Lower Mississippian) on the right is faulted into a vertical position. The red strata to the left fold to become progressively more towards the horizontal. The red strata are the Middle Neoproterozoic Hades Pass Formation. For details, see Sprinkel, D.A., Park, B. and Stevens, M., 2010. Geology of Sheep Creek Canyon Geological Area, Utah. In D.A. Sprinkel, T.C. Chidsey, Jr., and P.B. Anderson, (eds.), Geology of Utah’s Parks and Monuments. Utah Geological Association Publication 28, p.539-551.
Title: Uinta Mtn Monocline
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