11/9/2023 0 Comments Monument valley az![]() National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983) Director Harold Ramis’īack to the Future III (1990) Director Robert Zemeckis Koyaanisqatsi (1982) Director Godfrey Reggio The Eiger Sanction (1975) Director Clint Eastwood Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Director Sergio LeoneĮlectra Glide in Blue (1973) Director James William Guercio How the West was Won (1962) Directors John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, and Richard ThorpeĢ001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Director Stanley Kubrick She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) Director John Ford My Darling Clementine (1946) Director John Ford For more information on each movie, click the title and you will be directed to IMDb or the actual movie website. Many famous actors are affiliated with the location such as Clint Eastwood and John Wayne (ICTMN, 2013). King on his Throne: Resembles a king on his throneĬhosen as a unique, picturesque background especially in old western movies, Monument Valley has had scenes from several memorable movies filmed on location. West and East Mitten: Resembles hands and spiritual beings watching over.īear and Rabbit: Resembles a bear and rabbit facing each other Yei’bi’chei: Named for the Navajo spirtitual god and resembles a dancer emerging from a Hogan. ![]() Three Sisters: Resembles a Catholic nun facing her two pupils. Mitchell & Merrick Butte: Named for the two explorers who discovered silver within the Park. Photo taken from artist James Orndorf Įach of the Monuments were either named by the Navajo Indians or based on the imagination of the first settlers This layer isn’t always visible in the park since it is easily eroded because it is a red sandstone and is stratigraphically younger than the rest of the rock formations. Throughout the park there are also white caps on top of the De Chelly Formation is the Moenkopi Formation. This Formation has been in erosional environment for nearly 50 million years and has caused the buttes and spires that are present today. ![]() It was large enough to create large dunes which are represented by the cross stratification with the mesas. This quartzose sandstone was created in an aeolian depositional time period, such as a desert. This Formation is around 400 ft thick in most areas ( Blakey, 1987). The next layer that is on top of the Organ Rock Shale Formation is the Permian De Chelly Sandstone. Since this a shale layer, it erodes into a low, eastward, sloping angles. This time of deposition led to the creation of dark brown and red mudstones and siltstones. This shale layer was deposited by marine environments such as streams and tidal flats. It is nearly 700 ft thick Formation (National Park Service, 2014). The base of the monuments themselves are composed of Permian Organ Rock Shale. The three major formations that make up the monuments themselves are the Organ Rock Formation, De Chelly Formation and the Moenkopi Formation. ![]() They include the Halgaito, Cedar Mesa, Organ Rock, De Shelly, Moenkopi, Owl Rock, Chinle, Wingate, Kayenta and Navajo Formations. In Monument Valley, there are ten major formations present throughout the park. The dikes are heavily eroded and the plugs are the only remaining volcanic structures. In more recent times there has been volcanic activity resulting in the dikes. When not covered by shallow seas the area was occupied by large deserts or river systems. Throughout its history Monument Valley has seen seas come and go with relative frequency. Moving upward in the strata we find that it will not be the last time this area would be dominated by a marine setting. The oldest rocks found in the Park tell us that the valley was once a marine environment. Exposed within the valley are rocks ranging from as old as the Pennsylvanian all the way up to the Jurassic, about 192 million years in Earth’s history (Blakey 1987). Monument valley is an exceptional place to study the Geologic history of the Colorado Plateau. The dikes were thought to have intruded between Tertiary to upper Triassic (Gregory 1917) and by chance have also weathered into monument-style structures. All the Igneous rock here are seen in the form of volcanic “plugs” in dike intrusions. In addition to the Sedimentary rocks found here there are several locations where Igneous rocks crop out. These monuments seen today are the products of millions of years of erosion. The three main formations that form the monuments are the Organ Rock Formation, De Chelly Formation and the Moenkopi Formation (Blakey 1987). The rocks found in the valley are mainly sedimentary, ranging from the Permian to the mid-Jurassic. These buttes are also known as monuments giving the valley its name and making it a popular tourist attraction. (Baker 1936) Through the valley you can see buttes rising sometimes 1,000 of feet from the ground. Monument Valley is approximately 1,100 square miles in the four corners region on the Utah-Arizona state line.
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