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... Kaibab limestone Coconino sandstone Hermit shole Supal formation Redwall limestone Muav limestone Bright Angel shale Tapests sandstone 7071 COLORADO RIVER 3500 Granite Gorge 3650 ing almost flat in broad plateaus and sometimes dropping ...
... Kaibab limestone Coconino sandstone Hermit shole Supal formation Redwall limestone Muav limestone Bright Angel shale Tapests sandstone 7071 COLORADO RIVER 3500 Granite Gorge 3650 ing almost flat in broad plateaus and sometimes dropping ...
Page 53
... limestone is frequently vis- ible , and the climate is too arid to support a very luxuriant vegetation . The dominant plants are juniper and the small piƱon pine whose nuts were once so important ... Kaibab limestone and there the Kaibab 53.
... limestone is frequently vis- ible , and the climate is too arid to support a very luxuriant vegetation . The dominant plants are juniper and the small piƱon pine whose nuts were once so important ... Kaibab limestone and there the Kaibab 53.
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... Kaibab limestone ( the white part of my specimen ) is the youngest rock to be found any- where in the Canyon or near either of its rims . The soft red- dish stone is , in fact , identical with that abundant to the west and gets its name ...
... Kaibab limestone ( the white part of my specimen ) is the youngest rock to be found any- where in the Canyon or near either of its rims . The soft red- dish stone is , in fact , identical with that abundant to the west and gets its name ...
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Water doesnt run uphill | 18 |
Still in the making | 33 |
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