Some sedimentary features in stratified rocks of Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona. No date.
Summary
Album caption and index card: Some sedimentary features in stratified rocks of Grand Canyon. A, conglomerate containing chert and jasper pebbles; forms key bed in lower part of Supai Formation, Whitmore Wash. B, Channel at top of thin-bedded carbonate rock of Cambrian age filled with poorly-bedded Devonian dolomite, Lone Tree Canyon. C, Massive limestone cliff formed by Mooney Falls Member of Redwall Limestone, Parashant Canyon. D, Cambrian-late Precambrian uncomformity. Tapeats Sandstone resting on beveled surface of diabase in Dox Sandstone, Cremation Canyon. E, Cyclothem of (1) red bed, (2) aphanitic limestone, and (3) bedded gypsum (ascending order) in Toroweap Formation, Wolf Hole. F, Beds of (c) earth chert, alternating with [...]
Summary
Album caption and index card: Some sedimentary features in stratified rocks of Grand Canyon. A, conglomerate containing chert and jasper pebbles; forms key bed in lower part of Supai Formation, Whitmore Wash. B, Channel at top of thin-bedded carbonate rock of Cambrian age filled with poorly-bedded Devonian dolomite, Lone Tree Canyon. C, Massive limestone cliff formed by Mooney Falls Member of Redwall Limestone, Parashant Canyon. D, Cambrian-late Precambrian uncomformity. Tapeats Sandstone resting on beveled surface of diabase in Dox Sandstone, Cremation Canyon. E, Cyclothem of (1) red bed, (2) aphanitic limestone, and (3) bedded gypsum (ascending order) in Toroweap Formation, Wolf Hole. F, Beds of (c) earth chert, alternating with beds of (s) calcareous sandstone, Kaibab Limestone, near south Kaibab trail. G, Bedded chert (dark bands) alternating with aphanitic limestone (light bands) in Thunder Spring Member of Redwall Limestone, Iceberg Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park. Coconino County, Arizona. n.d.
Published as Figure 14 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 669-B. 1969.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Library Photographic Collection, McKee, E.D. Collection.
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