Echo+Canyon

[|Click on me to see the map/trail.] By: Megan A.

By: Lexi W.

__Geologic History__ No history for Echo Canyon itself was found, but history for the National Monument was found, which is where Echo Canyon is located. The National Monument preserves three different groups of sediment and rock. The earliest rocks found there are Early to Middle __[|Proterozoic]__ gneiss and __[|schist]__ . On top of these, seperated by an angular uncomformity, are horizontally imbedded __[|Mesozoic]__ sedimentary rocks, which includes the cliff-forming __[|Wingate Sandstone]__ rock. On top of these includes various rocks such as __[|Quaternary]__ unconsolidated deposits such as __[|alluvium]__ , __[|colluvium]__ , and __[|dunes]__ . They are folded into various faults, such as the Redlands Thrust Fault. The National Monument is under the National Register of Historical places, do that it remains preserved and untouched.

By: Megan A.

Google Earth tour: If you want to see where we went with detailed information at many places, click on this link --> The Google Earth tour was made by Connor Meredith

Questions/Needs For Next Trip: 1. How often do flash floods happen in echo canyon? 2. In a future trip study the plant life more in depth. 3. When was echo canyon formed?