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EM02. View west and downriver toward Paleoproterozoic Vishnu Schist metamorphic complex

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1973-07-10
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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 west and downriver toward Paleoproterozoic Vishnu Schist metamorphic complex from river mile 78.4. Greatest Angular Unconformity is between schist and overlying east-dipping strata of Mesoproterozoic Bass Formation. White talus of Hance asbestos mine at Cardenas Basalt sill within Bass Formation, upper right of photograph.

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

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