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TitleThe Great Unconformity, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
DescriptionView of the Great Unconformity and associated conglomerates in Tapeats Sandstone overlying Proterozoic metamorphic rocks, Grand Canyon National Park.
ChronostratigraphyProterozoic, Cambrian
LithostratigraphyTapeats Sandstone
Geologic provinceColorado Plateau
LocationUSA ▹ Arizona ▹ Coconino. Near Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park.
PhotographerJoseph Hartman. 1979.
CollectionJoseph Hartman P02500.
Key wordsGrand Canyon National Park, unconformity, nonconformity, Tonto Group, hiatus
Tech details966 KB. Outcrop. Kodachrome, TIFF format.
GeoDIL number1344