File:Gray shale & bentonites (Benton Shale, Upper Cretaceous; Red Rock Canyon Open Space, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA) 4.jpg

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Bentonite

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English: Shales & bentonites in the Cretaceous of Colorado, USA.

The Benton Shale is a widespread marine shale unit in the Cretaceous of western America. It was deposited in the ancient Western Interior Seaway at a time of globally-high sea level.

The thin, lighter-colored horizons in this dark gray shale exposure are volcanic ash beds. Such horizons are called "bentonites", which are named after the Benton Shale itself.

Stratigraphy: Benton Shale, Upper Cretaceous

Locality: slope exposure along the Lower Hogback Trail, Red Rock Canyon Open Space, western side of the town of Colorado Springs, western El Paso County, central Colorado, USA (~vicinity of 38° 50’ 54.92” North latitude, 104° 52’ 30.71” West longitude)
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Author James St. John
Object location38° 50′ 54.92″ N, 104° 52′ 30.71″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo


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