A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Trace Fossils in the Bright Angel Shale at Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona |
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| Description | View of trace fossils on fresh exposure of the Bright Angel Shale at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Bright Angel Shale is described as being a fine-grained, thin-bedded, silty shale with a light greenish-gray color. It suggests a marine environment, mainly the deposition of muds in a shallow sea. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Cambrian |
| Lithostratigraphy | Bright Angel Formation |
| Geologic province | Colorado Plateau |
| Location | USA ▹ Arizona ▹ Coconino. Near Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park. |
| Photographer | Joseph Hartman. 1986. |
| Collection | Joseph Hartman P06327. |
| Key words | Grand Canyon National Park, Bright angel, trace fossils |
| Tech details | 1.01 MB. Outcrop. Kodachrome, TIFF format. |
| GeoDIL number | 1411 |
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