Angular unconformity between steeply tilted Permian red beds and gently tilted Miocene basalt , Colorado.
This photograph, about 100 miles west of Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado, indicates at least two periods of deformation: one after deposition of the Permian redbeds but before eruption of the Miocene basalt, and another after eruption of the Miocene basalt.

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