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Waterpocket Fold

Structural and Tectonic Formations

The Waterpocket Fold is a nearly one hundred mile long monocline, a step like fold in otherwise flat sedimentary rock layers, running through Capitol Reef National Park in south central Utah. It formed roughly fifty to seventy million years ago when compressional forces from the Laramide orogeny warped the overlying sedimentary strata above a buried fault in the older rock beneath. The fold takes its name from the many depressions eroded into its sandstone surface, waterpockets, that collect and hold rainwater.

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National Park or Reserve 1
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Erosion, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Waterpocket Fold

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Waterpocket Fold
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Source Wikidata: Waterpocket Fold
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1. Waterpocket Fold (Wikipedia)
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lateau of the central part of the state. The structure defines the Capitol Reef National Park in southern Utah.
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Wikidata: Waterpocket Fold
Wikidata Q1573044, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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