Bryce Canyon National Park Utah
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior
Geologic Map
Qoac
Qoac Qal Qoac
Tcp Qoac
Qoac Kw Ksu QTsr Qc
Map Units
Qal - alluvium Qc - colluvium
Ksu Qal Qoac Qoac Qoac Qoac Ksu Qc
Kw
Ksu Qc Qoac Qoac Ksu
Qls - landslide deposits
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Qoac
Qoac - older alluvium and colluvium Qp - pediment deposits QTsr - Sevier Formation Tbm - Conglomerate of Boat Mesa Tcw - Claron Fm., White limestone member
Qoac Tcp Qoac
Qal Qoac Ksu Ksu
Qoac Qoac Ksl
Ksl Kt Tcp
Tcp - Claron Fm., Pink limestone member Kk - Kaiporowitz Fm. Kw - Waheep Fm. Ksu - Straight Cliffs Fm., upper part Ksl - Straight Cliffs Fm., lower part Kt - Tropic Shale Kd - Dakota Sandstone Je - Entrada Sandstone Jcu - Carmel Fm., upper member
Tcp Tbm Tcp Kw Qal Qls Tbm Ksu Tcp Kt
Kt Ksl
Kt Kw Qc Tcw Kw Tcp Ksu Kt
Jcgt - Carmel Fm., gypsiferous member Jcb - Carmel Fm., banded member Jcl - Carmel Fm., limestone member Water
Qp Kt
Linear Geologic Units
Jcul - Carmel Fm., limestone member
Kt Ksu Tcp Tcw Tcp Tcw Kw Kt Tbm Qp Qp
The original map digitized by NPS staff to create this product was:
Qp
Qal
Bowers, W.E., 1990, Geologic map of Bryce Canyon National Park and vicinity, Southwestern Utah, U.S. Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2108, 1:24000 scale. Digital geologic data and cross sections for Bryce Canyon National Park, and all other digital geologic data prepared as part of the NPS Geologic Resources Divisions Geologic Resource Evaluation program, are available through the Natural Resource-GIS metadata and data store: http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata/
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Kd Tcw Qc Ksl Ksu Qal Je Qc Qc Jcu Jcu Qp Ksu Ksu Ksl Je Qc
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Qc
Park Boundary
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Mine Point Features
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Bryce Canyon NP
gravel pit borrow pit well oil well dry hole
Geologic Attitude Observations
strike and dip of beds strike and dip of overturned beds strike of vertical beds fold plunge arrow head dip of fault plane fault down-thrown block indicator direction of movement of fault block anticline syncline overturned syncline monocline, anticlinal bend
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known or certain approximate concealed
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FILE: brca_geology_e.mxd
Tcp Kt Tcw Tcw Ksu Qal Qc Ksu Ksl Qal Qal Ksl Kd
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Faults
known or certain approximate concealed
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Unique Geologic Point Features Geologic Contacts R natural arch known or certain R natural bridge approximate
map boundary water boundary
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6 Miles 10 Kilometers
Produced by Geologic Resources Division
September 2005