Dinosaur National Monument
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Dinosaur National Monument students in this course will spend one and one-half
days creating a geologic map of strata on the north side of Split Mountain.
Dinosaur
National Monument encompasses rocks on both flanks of Split Mountain. During
the course we will work only along the southern flank of Split Mountain in
rocks ranging from Pennsylvanian to Cretaceous in age. Older rocks are present
along the rivers in the central part of the monument. Dinosaur is known for the
fossils found in the Jurassic Morrison Formation. We will spend the afternoon
of this day touring the dinosaur quarry.
To
get to Dinosaur National Monument from Capitol Reef travel east from Capitol
Reef on Highway 24 to Hanksville. At Hanksville head north on Highway 95. Go
east on I-70 and then north on Highway 191 to Vernal. From Vernal head west on
Highway 40 to Jensen and then turn north on Highway 149 into the Monument.
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