Slanted Land, San Rafeal Swell, UT 7-13
(1 in a multiple picture album)
The San Rafael Swell is a large geologic feature located in south-central Utah about 30 miles west of Green River, Utah. The San Rafael Swell, measuring approximately 75 by 40 miles, consists of a giant dome-shaped anticline of sandstone, shale, and limestone that was pushed up during the Paleocene Laramide Orogeny 60-40 million years ago.
If you are driving through Utah on Int. 70, be sure to stop at one of the many pullouts along the route. The scenes are amazing and there are many educational signposts to learn about these slanted formations.
Slanted Land, San Rafeal Swell, UT 7-13
(1 in a multiple picture album)
The San Rafael Swell is a large geologic feature located in south-central Utah about 30 miles west of Green River, Utah. The San Rafael Swell, measuring approximately 75 by 40 miles, consists of a giant dome-shaped anticline of sandstone, shale, and limestone that was pushed up during the Paleocene Laramide Orogeny 60-40 million years ago.
If you are driving through Utah on Int. 70, be sure to stop at one of the many pullouts along the route. The scenes are amazing and there are many educational signposts to learn about these slanted formations.