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EF67. View north from Plateau Point

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1981-11-15
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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

View north from Plateau Point, south of and above river mile 90.0 toward “Shinumo island,” a highland area during a Cambrian seaway transgression. Cambrian Tapeats Sandstone (strata above granite and schist rock [Great Unconformity], left side of photograph), abuts southwest side of “Shinumo island” (red slope of Hakatai Shale [right side of fault in foreground] and overlying cliff of Shinumo Sandstone, right side of photograph).

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Origin :
George Billingsley
Point of Contact :
George Billingsley
Metadata contact :
Monica Erdman
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Public domain. Credit: George Billingsley, U.S. Geological Survey
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