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Geology of the Red House Cliffs area, San Juan County, Utah

Thomas E. Mullens
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Abstract

The Red Cliffs area comprises 296 square miles of canyon and plateau country in southwestern San Juan County, Utah. The rocks that crop out in the area are mostly deposits of terrestrial environment and are of Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, and Quaternary ages. The aggregate thickness of these rock is about 3,500 feet.

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90° N90° S · 180° W ← longitude → 180° E
Source-reported bounding extent: 36.9986° to 38.4992° latitude; -111.4043° to -109.0409° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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Thomas E. Mullens. 1955. Geology of the Red House Cliffs area, San Juan County, Utah. https://doi.org/10.3133/tei445

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