A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Hermit Shale, above the Soap Creek Rapids in Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona |
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| Description | Good exposures of Hermit above Soap Creek Rapids at about mile 10.6 in Grand Canyon. The Hermit Shale is made up of thin-bedded shales, red to maroon in color, siltstones, and fine-grained mudstones. Most of the red staining seen in the lower units of the Grand Canyon are due to the Hermit Shale. The Hermit Shale represents a savannah type environment. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Permian |
| Lithostratigraphy | Hermit Shale |
| Geologic province | Colorado Plateau |
| Location | USA ▹ Arizona ▹ Coconino |
| Photographer | Joseph Hartman. 1986. |
| Collection | Joseph Hartman P06094. |
| Key words | Hermit, Soap Creek Rapids, Grand Canyon |
| Tech details | 757 KB. Outcrop. Kodachrome, TIFF format. |
| GeoDIL number | 1814 |
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