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| Keywords: Grand Canyon Vincent Bloch.jpg Grand Canyon Bright Angel Canyon at Granite Gorge <br><br> view north --The southwest section of Br Angel Can south of Phantom Creek is a sub-fault section upside-to-the-west normal fault but a small 3-sub fault block The lowest 4 members of the 6-member Unkar Group upon Vishnu Schist occur in this uplifted en horst-type section The Unkar Group is geologically paleo-deposited at an angular unconformity dipped about 15 degrees The top of the layers were eroded to flatness by an erosion unconformity but the erosion resistant Shinumo Quartzite was an island with Tapeats Sandstone laid only around the island perimeter shown in other parts of the photo up the Bright Angel Canyon for instance ; the erosion unconformity is named the en Great Unconformity also found at other selected locales in Arizona; also south Nevada The 6-unit Unkar Group for example is a conformity with no erosional sequences interspersed Took the picture myself summer 2004 Vincent Bloch Public Domain Grand Canyon ImageNote 1 1683 602 221 99 2560 1920 2 Sumner Butte ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 1504 1366 163 109 2560 1920 2 Bridge over Colorado River ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 995 1264 144 147 2560 1920 2 Bright Angel Campground Phantom Ranch ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 1197 739 144 275 2560 1920 2 Bright Angel Canyon ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 902 77 170 93 2560 1920 2 a fire ImageNoteEnd 5 ImageNote 6 707 509 138 131 2560 1920 2 Johnson Point ImageNoteEnd 6 ImageNote 7 102 496 186 150 2560 1920 2 Buddha Cloister ImageNoteEnd 7 ImageNote 8 301 211 77 70 2560 1920 2 Manu Temple ImageNoteEnd 8 ImageNote 9 1818 378 179 77 2560 1920 2 Hattan Butte ImageNoteEnd 9 ImageNote 10 400 390 205 90 2560 1920 2 Hillers Bute ImageNoteEnd 10 ImageNote 11 442 301 214 80 2560 1920 2 Clement Powell Butte ImageNoteEnd 11 ImageNote 12 3 234 99 122 2560 1920 2 Eastern part of Buddha Temple ImageNoteEnd 12 ImageNote 13 77 858 701 74 2560 1920 2 Phantom Creek Phantom Canyon ImageNoteEnd 13 Grand Canyon Bright Angel Canyon Views from Yavapai Point Grandview Fault - Bright Angel Fault intersection Faults of the Grand Canyon Sumner Butte Brahma Temple Phantom Creek Buddha Temple Tonto Trail South Kaibab Trail Kaibab Limestone in Arizona Toroweap Formation Coconino Sandstone in Arizona Hermit Shale Supai Group Redwall Limestone Tonto Group Muav Limestone Bright Angel Shale Tapeats Sandstone Great Unconformity Tonto Platform Granite Gorge Johnson Point Sturdevant Point Cheops Pyramid Grandview Fault The Box Unkar Group Unkar Group Horst Bright Angel Creek Shinumo Quartzite Diabase Sill Unkar Group Hakatai Shale Bass Limestone Vishnu Group Vishnu Schist | ||||
