Canyons in Time Navajo National Monument - Shonto AZ
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Don.Morfe
N 36° 40.698 W 110° 32.454
12S E 541020 N 4059284
The maze of canyonlands stretching before you is the continuing work of millions of years of powerful and pervasive geological forces.
Waymark Code: WM13DX9
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 11/18/2020
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Canyons in Time Navajo National Monument--The maze of canyonlands stretching before you is the continuing work of millions of years of powerful and pervasive geological forces.
Water scours and down-cuts channels in the soft sandstone plateau. The process is augmented by forces of frost, plants, and alternating expansion and contraction of the rock due to temperature changes. A gradual uplift of the land further promotes canyon-cutting by increasing the speed and cutting force of water. Flowing water is the “freightline” that will carry the entire canyon landscape to the sea.
Marker Name: Canyons in Time
Type of history commemorated: Place
County: Navajo
Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker:
National Park Service
Year placed: 1990
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