GEOLOGY OF CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK （地质大厦礁国家公园）.pdf

GEOLOGY OF CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK Annabelle Foos Geology Department, University of Akron Introduction Hickman Bridge Trail we will be taking a closer The name of Capitol Reef National Park look at one of the stratigraphic units, the can be related to the local geology. Resistant, Kayenta Formation. Capitol Reef is also an monolithic domes of the Navajo Sandstone excellent place to observe stream erosion in an reminded early settlers of of the rotundas of arid environment. capitol buildings and hogbacks of resistant Wingate and Navajo Sandstone formed a barrier Waterpocket Fold to early travelers much as coral reefs form a Capitol Reef is located on the eastern barrier to sailors. The most prominent geologic margin of the Circle Cliffs Upwarp, a broad feature of Capitol Reef National Park is the asymmetric anticlinal structure with a Waterpocket Fold, a linear northwest trending northwesterly trend that formed during the monocline (figure 2). From the scenic Laramide orogeny (Stokes, 1986). The western overlooks you will get nice views of the margin of the uplift is characterized by strata monocline and the Henry Mountains. Along the that dips gently to the west and the eastern Lower South Desert Overlook S u l p Capitol Reef National Park h u r C r e