Chinle Formation
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The Chinle Formation is a Late Triassic geologic formation in the southwestern United States, renowned for its colorful badlands, rich fossil beds, and extensive petrified wood deposits.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chinle Formation canonical | 4 |
| Blue Mesa Member of the Chinle Formation | 1 |
| Chinle Formation exposures | 1 |
| Chinle Formation, southwestern United States | 1 |
| Chinle Group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1873279 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chinle Formation Context triple: [Petrified Forest National Park, contains, Chinle Formation]
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A.
Kayenta Formation
The Kayenta Formation is an Early Jurassic sandstone and siltstone rock unit on the Colorado Plateau, renowned for its distinctive red cliffs and important dinosaur fossil trackways.
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B.
Kaibab Limestone
Kaibab Limestone is a prominent Permian-age sedimentary rock layer that forms the resistant caprock of the Grand Canyon and many other cliffs and plateaus across the Colorado Plateau.
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C.
Morrison Formation
The Morrison Formation is a vast Late Jurassic sedimentary rock formation in the western United States renowned for its exceptionally rich assemblage of dinosaur fossils, including iconic sauropods and theropods.
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D.
Holston Formation
The Holston Formation is a geologic unit in eastern Tennessee renowned for its high-quality crystalline limestone commonly marketed as Tennessee marble and widely used in prominent architectural projects.
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E.
Navajo Sandstone
Navajo Sandstone is a massive, pale to reddish Jurassic-age sandstone formation on the Colorado Plateau, renowned for its sweeping cross-bedded cliffs and iconic desert landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chinle Formation Target entity description: The Chinle Formation is a Late Triassic geologic formation in the southwestern United States, renowned for its colorful badlands, rich fossil beds, and extensive petrified wood deposits.
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A.
Kayenta Formation
The Kayenta Formation is an Early Jurassic sandstone and siltstone rock unit on the Colorado Plateau, renowned for its distinctive red cliffs and important dinosaur fossil trackways.
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B.
Kaibab Limestone
Kaibab Limestone is a prominent Permian-age sedimentary rock layer that forms the resistant caprock of the Grand Canyon and many other cliffs and plateaus across the Colorado Plateau.
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C.
Morrison Formation
The Morrison Formation is a vast Late Jurassic sedimentary rock formation in the western United States renowned for its exceptionally rich assemblage of dinosaur fossils, including iconic sauropods and theropods.
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D.
Holston Formation
The Holston Formation is a geologic unit in eastern Tennessee renowned for its high-quality crystalline limestone commonly marketed as Tennessee marble and widely used in prominent architectural projects.
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E.
Navajo Sandstone
Navajo Sandstone is a massive, pale to reddish Jurassic-age sandstone formation on the Colorado Plateau, renowned for its sweeping cross-bedded cliffs and iconic desert landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic formation
ⓘ
stratigraphic unit ⓘ |
| age |
Carnian
ⓘ
Norian ⓘ |
| color |
purple
ⓘ
variegated red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| contains |
aetosaur fossils
ⓘ
dinosaur fossils ⓘ early dinosauriforms ⓘ invertebrate fossils ⓘ metoposaur fossils ⓘ palynomorphs ⓘ petrified logs ⓘ phytosaur fossils ⓘ volcanic ash beds ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| datingMethod | radiometric dating of volcanic ash beds ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1917 ⓘ |
| environmentOfDeposition |
floodplain
ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ lacustrine ⓘ |
| exposedAt |
Canyonlands National Park
ⓘ
Capitol Reef National Park ⓘ Grand Canyon National Park ⓘ Petrified Forest National Park ⓘ |
| geologicPeriod | Late Triassic ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Blue Mesa
ⓘ
surface form:
Blue Mesa Member
Monitor Butte Member ⓘ Owl Rock Member ⓘ Petrified Forest National Park ⓘ
surface form:
Petrified Forest Member
Rock Point Member ⓘ Shinarump Member ⓘ Sonsela Member ⓘ |
| knownFor |
colorful badlands
ⓘ
paleosols ⓘ petrified wood ⓘ plant fossils ⓘ vertebrate fossils ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southwestern United States ⓘ |
| namedBy | Herbert E. Gregory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedFor | Chinle Valley ⓘ |
| otherLithology |
limestone
ⓘ
volcanic ash ⓘ |
| overlies |
Moenkopi Formation
ⓘ
Shinarump Conglomerate ⓘ |
| paleoclimate |
monsoonal
ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chinle Formation
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Chinle Group
|
| primaryLithology |
conglomerate
ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ sandstone ⓘ siltstone ⓘ |
| region |
Colorado Plateau
ⓘ
Four Corners region ⓘ
surface form:
Four Corners area
|
| significance | key reference section for Late Triassic terrestrial stratigraphy in North America ⓘ |
| thickness | up to about 520 meters ⓘ |
| underlies |
Kayenta Formation
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surface form:
Moenave Formation
Wingate Sandstone ⓘ |
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Subject: Chinle Formation Description of subject: The Chinle Formation is a Late Triassic geologic formation in the southwestern United States, renowned for its colorful badlands, rich fossil beds, and extensive petrified wood deposits.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chinle Group
this entity surface form:
Blue Mesa Member of the Chinle Formation
this entity surface form:
Chinle Formation exposures
this entity surface form:
Chinle Formation, southwestern United States