EM02. View west and downriver toward Paleoproterozoic Vishnu Schist metamorphic complex
Dates
Aquisition Date
1973-07-10
Publication Date
2019-09-06
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
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.
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.