WF46. Aerial view northeast toward Grand Wash Fault
Dates
Aquisition Date
1986-02-10
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
Aerial view northeast toward Grand Wash Fault just east of Sand Island, Lake Mead, river mile 279.0. Alluvial fans are Miocene to Quaternary rocks of the Grand Wash trough (left side of photograph); layered strata are lower Paleozoic rocks of the Grand Canyon area (right side of photograph).
Summary
Aerial view northeast toward Grand Wash Fault just east of Sand Island, Lake Mead, river mile 279.0. Alluvial fans are Miocene to Quaternary rocks of the Grand Wash trough (left side of photograph); layered strata are lower Paleozoic rocks of the Grand Canyon area (right side of photograph).