Kaibab Limestone
The Kaibab Limestone is a resistant cliff-forming, Permian geologic formation that crops out across the U.S. states of northern Arizona, southern Utah, east central Nevada and southeast California. It is also known as the Kaibab Formation in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. The Kaibab Limestone forms the rim of the Grand Canyon. In the Big Maria Mountains, California, the Kaibab Limestone is highly metamorphosed and known as the Kaibab Marble.
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Kaibab Limestone
The Kaibab Limestone is a resistant cliff-forming, Permian geologic formation that crops out across the U.S. states of northern Arizona, southern Utah, east central Nevada and southeast California. It is also known as the Kaibab Formation in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. The Kaibab Limestone forms the rim of the Grand Canyon. In the Big Maria Mountains, California, the Kaibab Limestone is highly metamorphosed and known as the Kaibab Marble.
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De Kaibab Limestone, Kaibab Ma ...... nkopi Formation uit het Trias.
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The Kaibab Limestone is a resi ...... nd known as the Kaibab Marble.
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Early to Middle Permian, Leonardian to Roadian
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Bedded and jointed cliffs of the Kaibab Limestone at the Grand Canyon.
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It was named for the Kaibab Plateau, northern Arizona
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gypsum, siltstone, and sandstone
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Toroweap Formation, Coconino Sandstone, and White Rim Sandstone
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fossiliferous limestone, sandy limestone, dolostone, and chert
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Northern Arizona, southeast California, east-central Nevada, and southern Utah
subunits
Fossil Mountain and Harrisburg members
Thickness
- in Grand Canyon region.
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De Kaibab Limestone, Kaibab Ma ...... erdeel van de Park City Group.
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The Kaibab Limestone is a resi ...... nd known as the Kaibab Marble.
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Kaibab Limestone
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Kaibab Limestone
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