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TitleUpper Granite Gorge of Gand Canyon National Park, Arizona
DescriptionView down the Colorado River in the Upper Granite Gorge, where the canyon narrows and becomes steep-sided as a result of the harder Precambrian Vishnu Group (schist and other crystalline rocks), Grand Canyon National Park.
ChronostratigraphyPrecambrian
LithostratigraphyVishnu Group
Geologic provinceColorado Plateau
LocationUSA ▹ Arizona ▹ Coconino. Near Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park.
PhotographerJoseph Hartman. 1985.
CollectionJoseph Hartman P05086.
Key wordsGrand Canyon National Park
Tech details493 KB. Outcrop. Kodachrome, TIFF format.
GeoDIL number1368