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| Keywords: Grand Canyon Lipan Point02.jpg Grand Canyon is a steep sided gorge formed by the Colorado River in northern Arizona United States View from Lipan Point on the East Rim of Grand Canyon to the Colorado River <br> view due-north looking down Tanner Canyon; the en Tanner Trail is on ridgeline unseen at left <br>The Colorado River turns to west at left out of view and top of Temple Butte flat tilted is at middle upper left north side of Colorado River Lava Butte Grand Canyon is out of view just left and just below lower elevation of Temple Butte - the Redwall Limestone at bottom of Temple Butte identifies it; it sits on the Muav Limestone - greenish Bright Angel Shale- slope-forming units above the mostly horizontal cliff-forming resistant darkish en Tapeats Sandstone ; the dark thin layer cliff lining both sides of the river-gorge proper looking upstream is the Tapeats Sandstone the 2 slope-formers accumulate on it called the Tonto Platform - View Info pg 81 Fig 13 View to the north from the top of the Redwall Limestone along en Tanner Trail - a graphic Book Hiking Arizona's Geology Lucchitta c 2001 plus 2 Arizona Atlases <br>The Chuar Group lies directly below the Tapeats the en Great Unconformity Grand Canyon ist eine vom Colorado River geformte tiefe Schlucht im nördlichen Arizona Vereinigte Staaten Im Bild Blick vom Lipan Point am East Rim des Grand Canyon to the Colorado River own 1998-05-22 Nikater Own work all rights released Public domain 36 033241 -111 852922 region US_heading 280 Grand Canyon Grand Canyon East Rim Tanner Canyon Temple Butte Views of Kaibab Plateau - east flank Views from Tanner Trail Views from Desert View Grand Canyon Views from Lipan Point Kaibab Limestone in Arizona Coconino Sandstone in Arizona Supai Group Redwall Limestone Tonto Group Bright Angel Shale Tapeats Sandstone Grand Canyon basement rock geology Grand Canyon Supergroup Chuar Group ImageNote 1 2218 164 290 123 2520 1680 2 Wotans Throne ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 1777 495 290 113 2520 1680 2 Solomon Temple ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 1232 1128 378 265 2520 1680 2 Seventyfive Mile Creek ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 1055 523 180 173 2520 1680 2 Colorado River Granite Gorge ImageNoteEnd 4 | ||||
