A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Granitic dike cutting Black Canyon Gneiss, U.S. 50 roadcut near Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado |
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| Description | The granitic dike shown here is about 0.5 meters thick. It is intruding the Precambrian Black Canyon Gneiss. Sunglasses (for scale) are just below the dike in the center of the picture. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Precambrian |
| Location | USA ▹ Colorado ▹ Gunnison. Near Gunnison. Near Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, US 50 roadcut. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 2001-06-29. |
| Collection | E181030992F-10. |
| Key words | dike, gneiss |
| Tech details | 684 KB. Vista. Cannon EOS Rebel 55mm. Kodak Elite Chrome 100 ASA. |
| GeoDIL number | 972 |
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