A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Chert Banding in the Redwall Limestone in Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona |
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| Description | Good view of chert banding in Redwall Limestone above cavern at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The Redwall Limestone is commonly made up of carbonate, limestones and dolomites, with some chert stained red from precipitation of iron oxides from overlying Supai-Group. It characteristically develops giant overhangs and caverns. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Mississippian (Osagean and and Meramecian) |
| Lithostratigraphy | Redwall Limestone |
| Geologic province | Colorado Plateau |
| Location | USA ▹ Arizona ▹ Coconino. Near Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park. |
| Photographer | Joseph Hartman. 1986. |
| Collection | Joseph Hartman P0621. |
| Key words | Grand Canyon National Park, Redwall, chert |
| Tech details | 625 KB. Outcrop. Kodachrome, TIFF format. |
| GeoDIL number | 1406 |
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