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Stop 6: Paradise Benches
Decipher the pattern of past ecosystems between desert and ocean.
Stop 6: Paradise Benches
Limestones of the San Andres Formation exposed here were formed on muddy seafloors during the Early Permian. Above and below are Glorieta sandstones. The pattern of sandstone-limestone-sandstone-limestone records the march of desert (sandstone) and sea (limestone) back and forth over time on this landscape.
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