A geologic disconformity represents a period of non-deposition or erosion between two parallel layers of sedimentary rocks. Near Petrified Forest National Park in northern Arizona, the Mio-Pliocene age Bidahochi Formation lies disconformably on the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation.
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Photo Tags: Mio-Pliocene, disconformity, Bidahochi Formation, Chinle Formation, Triassic, Petrified Forest National Park