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Image: Precambrian - Cambrian Unconformity in Grand Canyon

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Description: Angular unconformity between horizontal Tonto Group rocks (of Cambrian age) on top of tilted Grand Canyon Supergroup rocks (1.1-1.2 Ga of Mesoproterozoic age) in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. (Apollo Temple landform, below East Rim, north bank of Colorado River, near Unkar Creek(?).)
Title: Precambrian - Cambrian Unconformity in Grand Canyon
Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/8388115563/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Author: James St. John (jsj1771) https://www.flickr.com/people/jsjgeology/
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