Editing Meteor Crater (section)

==Geology==
The impact created an inverted [[stratigraphy]], so that the layers immediately exterior to the rim are stacked in the reverse order to which they normally occur; the impact overturned and inverted the layers to a distance of 1–2&nbsp;km outward from the crater's edge.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kring|first=David|title=Guidebook to the Geology of Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona|date=2007|publisher=Lunar and Planetary Institute|location=Houston, Texas|url=http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books/barringer_crater_guidebook/}}</ref><ref name=stratigraphy>{{cite web|title=Basic Stratigraphy of Barringer Meteor Crater|url=http://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/kring/epo_web/impact_cratering/enviropages/Barringer/geologypage/geologypage.html|publisher=Department of Planetary Science, University of Arizona|access-date=19 February 2013}}</ref> Specifically, climbing the rim of the crater from outside, one finds:
* [[Coconino Sandstone]] ([[sandstone]] formed 265 million years ago) nearest the top of the rim
* [[Toroweap Formation]] ([[limestone]] formed 255 million years ago)
* [[Kaibab Formation]] ([[Dolomite (rock)|dolostone]] formed 250 million years ago)
* [[Moenkopi Formation]] ([[mudstone]] formed 245 million years ago) nearest the outer foot of the rim

Soils around the crater are brown, slightly to moderately alkaline, gravelly or stony loam of the Winona series; on the crater rim and in the crater itself, the Winona is mapped in a complex association with rock outcrop.<ref name="USDASoil">{{cite web | url=https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx | title=Interactive Map | publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]]— [[Natural Resources Conservation Service]] | work=Web Soil Survey | accessdate=10 July 2021}}</ref>

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{{wide image|Meteor Crater Panorama near Winslow, Arizona, 2012 07 11.jpg|1024px|Panoramic view from upper deck
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