Esplanade Sandstone
The Lower Permian Esplanade Sandstone is a cliff-forming, resistant sandstone, dark red, geologic unit found in the Grand Canyon. The rock unit forms a resistant shelf in the west Grand Canyon, south side of the Colorado River, at the east of the Toroweap Fault, down-dropped to west, southeast of Toroweap Overlook (North Rim, at Lava Falls), and west of Havasupai. The red, sandstone shelf, The Esplanade is about 20-mi long. At Toroweap Overlook region, Toroweap Valley with Vulcan's Throne, Uinkaret volcanic field, the resistant Esplanade Sandstone is described in access routes exploring the Toroweap Lake area (Hike 17, Vulcans Throne).
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Esplanade Sandstone
The Lower Permian Esplanade Sandstone is a cliff-forming, resistant sandstone, dark red, geologic unit found in the Grand Canyon. The rock unit forms a resistant shelf in the west Grand Canyon, south side of the Colorado River, at the east of the Toroweap Fault, down-dropped to west, southeast of Toroweap Overlook (North Rim, at Lava Falls), and west of Havasupai. The red, sandstone shelf, The Esplanade is about 20-mi long. At Toroweap Overlook region, Toroweap Valley with Vulcan's Throne, Uinkaret volcanic field, the resistant Esplanade Sandstone is described in access routes exploring the Toroweap Lake area (Hike 17, Vulcans Throne).
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The Lower Permian Esplanade Sa ...... h is the Cedar Mesa Sandstone.
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Lower Permian,
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south view of Isis Temple, Grand Canyon, from 2-mi, on Tonto Trail, Tonto Platform
uppermost vertical red cliff of Esplanade Sandstone
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Esplanade Sandstone
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-Colorado Plateau
Northern Arizona, Grand Canyon ...... y, AZ & extreme-southwest Utah
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approximate maximum
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Hermit Formation-, Grand Canyon;
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The Lower Permian Esplanade Sa ...... rea (Hike 17, Vulcans Throne).
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Esplanade Sandstone
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