Blue Mesa Member
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The Blue Mesa Member is a member of the Chinle Formation. It is located in the Petrified Forest National Park of northeast Arizona.
The Tepees, Petrified Forest National Park
The Tepees
The Tepees
Mudstone
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Mudstone, a type of mudrock, is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. Mudstone is distinguished from shale by its lack of fissility.
Blue Mesa Member
…Stratigraphic range: Late Triassic, early Norian The Tepees, Petrified Forest National Park Type member Unit of Chinle Formation Lithology Primary mudstone, sandstone Location Region Colorado Plateau Extent Arizona, Utah The Blue Mesa Member is a member of the Chinle Formation. It is located in the Petrified…
Mudstone on east beach of Lyme Regis, England
A mudstone: few small components in a micritic matrix, width of picture is 32 mm
Thin section photomicrograph of carbonate mudstone