Chinle Formation
Geological formation
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The Chinle Formation is an Upper Triassic continental geological formation of fluvial, lacustrine, and palustrine to eolian deposits spread across the U.S. states of Nevada, Utah, northern Arizona, western New Mexico, and western Colorado. Wikipedia
Extent: Utah; Colorado; New Mexico; Arizona; Nevada
Named by: Herbert E. Gregory
Other: paleosols
Overlies: Moenkopi Formation or Cutler Group
Region: Colorado Plateau
Underlies: Wingate Sandstone, Moenave Formation, Nugget Sandstone