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Pioneering the Best Trails in the Southwest
Whether they know it or not, the 4.5 million annual visitors to Sedona come here because of the area’s spectacular geology, or to enjoy one of the many trails or cultural amenities within sight of it. The famous red rocks are the beacons that …
Continue Reading about Sedona’s Geologic Story – Introduction
Before we begin to understand Sedona’s red rocks, let’s have a look at what lies beneath them, the so-called basement or foundation of the Verde Valley. These rocks are hidden from view in the Sedona area but are uplifted along the Verde Fault …
The famous red rocks in and around Sedona are, for the most part, the same layers that make up the upper walls of the Grand Canyon. Even the formation names used between the two areas are similar and the reason for this is that it was Dr. Eddie McKee …
Next is the Hermit Formation (formerly called Hermit Shale), which contains more amounts of mudstone than sandstone and thus weathers into a broad terrace upon which much of the city of Sedona is constructed. Many of the easy or moderate trails …
Although rocks of dinosaur age are not present in the Sedona area today, geologists believe that they were once present here. No less than 5,000 feet of this younger strata and perhaps as much as 10,000 feet was once present here before it was eroded …
Continue Reading about Continued Deposition, Uplift, and Erosion
