A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Gunnison Canyon, just below Blue Mesa Dam, near Gunnison, Colorado |
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| Description | The Gunnison Canyon near Blue Mesa Dam exposes Precambrian Black Canyon Gneiss (lower, below the road in the picture). Above the road, Mesozoic sedimentary rocks and tuffs are exposed , with cliff-forming volcanic breccias on the skyline above slopes of the Morrison Formation (Jurassic). |
| Chronostratigraphy | Cretaceous-Jurassic |
| Lithostratigraphy | Dakota Sandstone |
| Location | USA ▹ Colorado ▹ Gunnison. Near Gunnison. Near Blue Mesa Dam. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 2001-06-29. |
| Collection | E181030992F-4. |
| Key words | Gunnison Canyon, Colorado, Black Canyon Gneiss, Morrison Formation |
| Tech details | 410 KB. Vista. Cannon EOS Rebel 55mm. Kodak Elite Chrome 100 ASA. |
| GeoDIL number | 970 |
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