December 07, 2013: Day 12, Site 2b, Moenkopi and TD in Coconino!
coconino on 260
(1) Typical outcrop of Coconino Sandstone along Rt. 260, Sitgraves National Forest, Coconino Co. Note eolian crossbedding.
crossbedding
(2) Typical crossbedding in Coconino..
odd lithologies
(3) Very odd lithologies for Coconino.
last cores
(4) Last cores of core 2b - all Coconino.
The base of the Wapatki Member and the contact with the Coconino seems to have been  reached at 755 ft. We cored to TD  at 830' (4) because we were seeing strange lithologies for the Coconino (3). We finally did see eolian crossbedding (2) typical of the Coconino as seen at core 1a (2). Photos 2-4 by Doug Schnurrenberger.
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