Cardenas Basalt
The Cardenas Basalt, also known as either the Cardenas Lava or Cardenas Lavas, is a rock formation that outcrops over an area of about 310 km2 (120 mi2) in the eastern Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona. The lower part of the Cardenas Basalt forms granular talus slopes. Its upper part forms nearly continuous low cliffs that are parallel to the general course of the Colorado River. The most complete, readily accessible, and easily studied exposure of the Cardenas Basalt lies in Basalt Canyon. This is also its type locality.
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Cardenas Basalt
The Cardenas Basalt, also known as either the Cardenas Lava or Cardenas Lavas, is a rock formation that outcrops over an area of about 310 km2 (120 mi2) in the eastern Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona. The lower part of the Cardenas Basalt forms granular talus slopes. Its upper part forms nearly continuous low cliffs that are parallel to the general course of the Colorado River. The most complete, readily accessible, and easily studied exposure of the Cardenas Basalt lies in Basalt Canyon. This is also its type locality.
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The Cardenas Basalt, also know ...... in the geological literature.
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Meso-Proterozoic, 1,104 Ma:
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Cardenas Lava on the Colorado ...... t View, East Rim, Grand Canyon
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Cardenas Basalt
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Keyes and Ford et al.
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Cardenas Butte and Cardenas Creek
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Mesoproterozoic
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Lava Butte region on Colorado River, near Lipan Point
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The Cardenas Basalt, also know ...... his is also its type locality.
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Cardenas Basalt
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