Skip to main content

Geologic and Related Photographs of the Grand Canyon Region (1967–2010)

A photograph collection by George Billingsley

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1967
End Date
2010

Citation

Billingsley, G.H., Goodwin, G., Nagorsen, S.E., Erdman, M.E., and Sherba, J.T., 2019, Geologic and related photographs of the Grand Canyon region (1967–2010): U.S. Geological Survey data release, accessed [Month Day, Year], at https://doi.org/10.5066/F7WS8SHW.

Summary

The Grand Canyon geologic field photograph collection contains 1,211 geotagged photographs collected during 43 years of geologic mapping from 1967 to 2010. The photographs document some key geologic features, structures, and rock unit relations that were used to compile nine geologic maps of the Grand Canyon region published at 1:100,000 scale, and many more maps published at 1:24,000 scale. Metadata for each photograph include description, date captured, coordinates, and a keyword system that places each photograph in one or more of the following categories: arches and windows, breccia pipes and collapse structures, faults and folds, igneous rocks, landslides and rockfalls, metamorphic rocks, sedimentary rocks, sinkholes, and springs [...]

Child Items (2)

Contacts

Attached Files

Click on title to download individual files attached to this item.

EF59.jpg thumbnail 3.92 MB image/jpeg
Photograph_Metadata.txt 671.71 KB text/plain

Rights

Public domain. Photograph credit: George Billingsley, U.S. Geological Survey. Acknowledgment of the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from this data.

Additional Information

Identifiers

Type Scheme Key
DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/F7WS8SHW

Item Actions

View Item as ...

Save Item as ...

View Item...