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Cross beds in Esplanade Sandstone

Cross beds in Esplanade Sandstone

Grand Canyon National Park | Arizona.

Types of cross-strata in the Lower Permian Esplanade Sandstone of the Supai Formation: trough cross-strata above basal conglomerate on Topocoba Trail. Figure L5-E, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1173. Photo by Ed McKee, courtesy of the US Geological Survey Photographic Library. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1173

Online Resource: McKee, E., 1983, The Supai Group of Grand Canyon. https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1173/report.pdf

Photographer: Ed McKee

Photo Date: circa 1940