A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Canyon walls at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park |
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| Description | Near Gunnison, Colorado, the Gunnison River has cut deeply into ancient rocks. The walls of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison are made mostly of the Precambrian Black Canyon Gneiss. As can be seen in this picture, the gneiss is cut in many places by pink pegmatite dikes that vary from a few cm to many 10's of meters thick. |
| Location | USA ▹ Colorado ▹ Gunnison. Near Gunnison. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 1999. |
| Collection | E181030992F-28. |
| Key words | gneiss, dike, Black Canyon, Gunnison |
| Tech details | 428 KB. Vista. Canon EOS Rebel, 55mm, Kodak Elite Chrome 100 ASA. |
| GeoDIL number | 1731 |
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