A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | View of Tapeats Sandstone Underlain by Precambrian Schists in Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona |
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| Description | View of beach face at campsite (color phase of Tapeats, underlain by Precambrian schists), mile 119.8 just above Blacktail Canyon in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Weathers to a dark brown, but fresh surfaces are a much lighter brown. The Tapeats Sandstone is composed mainly of coarse quartz grains. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Lower & Middle Cambrian |
| Lithostratigraphy | Tapeats Sandstone (Tonto Group) |
| Geologic province | Colorado Plateau |
| Location | USA ▹ Arizona ▹ Coconino. Near Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park. |
| Photographer | Joseph Hartman. 1986. |
| Collection | Joseph Hartman P06293. |
| Key words | Grand Canyon National Park |
| Tech details | 546 KB. Outcrop. Kodachrome, TIFF format. |
| GeoDIL number | 1409 |
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