A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | View down Colorado River of Tonto Platform, underlying Precambrian cyrstaline rocks, and overlying Paleozoic section, Grand Canyon, Arizona |
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| Description | View down Colorado River of Tonto Platform and underlying Precambrian cyrstaline rocks and overlying Paleozoic section, Grand Canyon, Arizona. The Tonto Platform (green-covered, nearly flat to undulating surfaces) is supported by the cliff-forming Cambrian-age Tapeats Sandstone. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Cambrian |
| Lithostratigraphy | Tapeats Sandstone, Redwall Limestone |
| Geologic province | Colorado Plateau |
| Location | USA ▹ Arizona ▹ Coconino. Near Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park. |
| Photographer | Joseph Hartman. 1979. |
| Collection | Joseph Hartman PO2464. |
| Key words | Tonto Platform, Tapeats Sandstone, Grand Canyon |
| Tech details | 138 KB. Vista. Kodrachrome, TIFF format. |
| GeoDIL number | 1982 |
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