GAP IN ROCK RECORD

[Mile-marker 15]

Half a mile southwest of the parking lot is one of the narrowest

stretches of Rim Rock Drive at the edge of a Wingate cliff that actually

overhangs. But do not worry, it is well protected by a rock wall. At the

head of the canyon is a large jumbled landslide of the Morrison

Formation that has covered the cliff of Entrada Sandstone. Along the

narrow stretch and just beyond the landslide are excellent views on the

right of the erosional unconformity between the eroded surface of the

Kayenta Formation and the overlying Slick Rock Member of the Entrada

Sandstone, a view of which is shown in figure 15 and a discussion of

which is given on pages 35 to 39.

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