Kaiparowits Coal Basin, Utah. Landslide debris just north of Fifty-Mile Point looking west near the south end of Fifty-Mile Mountain.
Dates
Date Taken
1976
Summary
Kaiparowits Coal Basin, Utah. Landslide debris just north of Fifty-Mile Point looking west near the south end of Fifty-Mile Mountain. Landslide and debris- flow material has moved toward the viewer from near the base of the highest cliffs onto the intermediate bench of Dakota Sandstone as a sheet slide and locally has flowed down over Morrison-Entrada cliffs as a lobate debris slide. Boulders in debris slide are as large as 40 feet. Debris flow formed at lower end. 1976. Portion of figure 9, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1601.
Summary
Kaiparowits Coal Basin, Utah. Landslide debris just north of Fifty-Mile Point looking west near the south end of Fifty-Mile Mountain. Landslide and debris- flow material has moved toward the viewer from near the base of the highest cliffs onto the intermediate bench of Dakota Sandstone as a sheet slide and locally has flowed down over Morrison-Entrada cliffs as a lobate debris slide. Boulders in debris slide are as large as 40 feet. Debris flow formed at lower end. 1976. Portion of figure 9, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1601.
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