The Carmel Formation is a geologic formation in the San Rafael Group that is spread across the U.S. states of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, north east Arizona and New Mexico. Part of the Colorado Plateau,
Carmel Formation at its type location, Mount Carmel, Utah
Carmel Formation exposed at Gunlock Reservoir, southwestern Utah
Carmel Formation near Gunlock, Utah. The unconformably overlying dark unit is the Upper Cretaceous Iron Springs Formation.
The Golden Throne, a rock formation in Capitol Reef National Park. Though the park is famous for white domes of the Navajo Sandstone, this dome's color is a result of a lingering section of yellow Carmel Formation carbonate, which has stained the underlying rock.
Ooids are small, spheroidal, "coated" sedimentary grains, usually composed of calcium carbonate, but sometimes made up of iron- or phosphate-based minerals. Ooids usually form on the sea floor, most c
Carmel Formation
…nicoleti) from the Carmel Formation at Mount Carmel Junction, Utah. Ripplemarks in a biosparite/grainstone from the Carmel Formation, southwestern Utah. Ooids and crinoid columnals (Isocrinus nicoleti) on the surface of Carmel Formation limestone. Ostreolith ("oyster ball") from the Carmel Formation, southwestern…
Modern ooids from a beach on Joulter Cays, The Bahamas.
Ooids on the surface of limestone; Carmel Formation (Middle Jurassic) of southern Utah, USA.
A thin slice of calcitic ooids from the Carmel Formation, Middle Jurassic, of southern Utah, USA.
Fossils ooimmured in ooids from the Carmel Formation (Middle Jurassic of southern Utah).