A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Overlook of upper part of Grand Canyon section, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona |
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| Description | View from South Rim of cliff-forming Coconino Sandstone, Grand Canyon National Park. White sandstones of Coconino seen on North Rim in distance. Under- and overlying the Coconino are the slope-forming Hermit Shale and part of Toroweap Limestone. The Toroweap is overlain by the cliff-forming Kaibab Limestone, which supports the Kaibab Plateau. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Lower to Middle Permian |
| Lithostratigraphy | Hermit Shale, Coconino Sandstone, Toroweap Limestone, Kaibab Limestone |
| Geologic province | Colorado Plateau |
| Location | USA ▹ Arizona ▹ Coconino. Near Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park. |
| Photographer | Joseph Hartman. 1984. |
| Collection | Joseph Hartman P04496. |
| Key words | Grand Canyon National Park |
| Tech details | 700 KB. Vista. Kodachrome, TIFF format. |
| GeoDIL number | 1352 |
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