DE-NA-ZIN WILDERNESS IN BLM NEW MEXICO! The 41,170-acre Bisti | Geology of the world and the Environment

DE-NA-ZIN WILDERNESS IN BLM NEW MEXICO!

The 41,170-acre Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in New Mexico is a remote desolate area of steeply eroded badlands which offers some of the most unusual scenery found in the Four Corners region. Time and natural elements have etched a fantasy world of strange rock formations and fossils. It is an ever-changing environment that offers the visitor a remote wilderness experience.

The two major geological formations found in the wilderness are the Fruitland Formation and the Kirtland Shale. The Fruitland Formation makes up most of what a visitor will see while in the badlands and contains interbedded sandstone, shale, mudstone, coal, and silt. The weathering of the sandstone forms the many spires and hoodoos (sculpted rock) found throughout the area. And the Kirtland Shale contains rock of various colors and dominates the eastern part of the wilderness.

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