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Stratigraphy of Mesa Verde National Park

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Generalized stratigraphy after Griffitts, M.L., 1990, Guidebook to the Geology of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado: Mesa Verde Museum Association, Mesa Verde National Park.

Stratigraphic unit information is modified from the USGS GeoLex (Lexicon of Geology): http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/geolex_qs.html.

A generalized geologic time scale is available at: http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/coloradoplateau/timescale.htm.

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