WEATHERING PITS VERSUS TRAMPLE MARKS: A REINTERPRETATION OF THE 'DINOSAUR DANCE FLOOR': A JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE SURFACE IN THE VERMILION CLIFFS NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA

Autor:	Neffra A. Matthews, Marjorie A. Chan, Winston M. Seiler, Brent H. Breithaupt
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	geography geography.geographical_feature_category Dance Paleontology Weathering Archaeology language.human_language Butte Pedogenesis Navajo Erosion language Aeolian processes Vermilion Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Geology
Zdroj:	PALAIOS. 36:331-338
ISSN:	0883-1351
Popis:	Within the eolian Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, exposed in the Coyote Buttes area of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona, a site (informally known as the “Dinosaur Dance Floor”) is reinterpreted as an enigmatic, modified (possibly pedogenic) eolian surface that was exposed and further modified and accentuated by modern weathering and erosion. The resultant surface is covered with small, shallow potholes or weathering pits, with no direct evidence of dinosaur activity.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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