Supai Group
Section of red bed deposits at the Colorado Plateau / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Supai Group is a slope-forming section of red bed deposits found in the Colorado Plateau. The group was laid down during the Pennsylvanian to Lower Permian. Cliff-forming interbeds of sandstone are noticeable throughout the group. The Supai Group is especially exposed throughout the Grand Canyon in northwest Arizona, as well as local regions of southwest Utah, such as the Virgin River valley region. It occurs in Arizona at Chino Point, Sycamore Canyon, and famously at Sedona as parts of Oak Creek Canyon. In the Sedona region, it is overlain by the Hermit Formation, and the colorful Schnebly Hill Formation.
Supai Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Pennsylvanian–Lower Permian, 318–287 Ma | |
Type | Geologic group |
Sub-units | 4 named subunits: 4-Esplanade Sandstone 3-Wescogame Formation 2-Manakacha Formation 1-Watahomigi Formation |
Underlies | Hermit Formation |
Overlies | Redwall Limestone, Surprise Canyon Formation and Naco Formation[1][2]: 129 |
Thickness | 1,000 feet (300 m) approximate maximum[2]: xviii |
Lithology | |
Primary | sandstone, siltstone, mudstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 36°13′27″N 112°41′38″W |
Region | Colorado Plateau |
Country | United States |
Extent | Virgin River valley, Grand Canyon, Sycamore Canyon and Verde Valley |
Type section | |
Named for | Supai, Arizona |
Named by | N.H. Darton |
Year defined | 1910 |
The Supai Group is coeval with the Hermosa Group of east and south Utah; the Hermosa Group extended southeastwards from Utah to Durango,[2]: 54 extreme southwest Colorado, and adjacent to the Hermosa type section.
The Supai Group was originally designated as the Supai Formation by N.H. Darton in 1910 for exposures at Supai, Arizona.[3] It was first raised to group stratigraphic rank by E.H. McKee in 1975,[4] though it remains at formation rank at other locations where its subunits are difficult to distinguish.[5]