The Navajo Sandstone
The Navajo Sandstone
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纳瓦霍砂岩
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1995
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通讯作者：
Jonathan E. Verlander
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作者：
Jonathan E. Verlander
纳瓦霍砂岩是早期侏罗纪（Pliensbachian-Toarcian）风成（风吹）系统的残余，该系统在美国西部大部分地区延伸了数百万年。对这些沉积物的解释表明，纳瓦霍沙漠（沙海）是地球历史上存在过的最广泛的沙漠系统之一，可能包含有史以来在地球表面移动的最大沙丘。
The Navajo Sandstone is the remnant of an early Jurassic (Pliensbachian-Toarcian) aeolian (wind-blown) system that stretched over most of the western United States for several million years. Interpretation of these deposits suggests that the Navajo erg (sand sea) was one of the most extensive desert systems ever to have existed in the history of the Earth, and probably contained the largest sand dunes that have ever moved across the surface of the planet.