What type of rock makes up the grand canyon?
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sedimentary sedimentary rock
Geology of the Grand Canyon area
What type of rock makes up the grand canyon?
Geology of the Grand Canyon area Colorado Plateau Dox Formation Grand Canyon Grand Canyon Supergroup Supai Group Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone Grand Staircase Palo Duro Canyon
The geology of the <b>Grand Canyon</b> area includes one of the most complete and 
studied sequences of <b>rock</b> on Earth. The nearly 40 major sedimentary <b>rock</b> layers 
exposed in the <b>Grand Canyon</b> ... It is <b>made</b> of layers of dark brown basaltic <b>rocks</b> 
that flowed as lava <b>up</b> to 1,000 feet (300 m) thick. Nankoweap Formation is 
around&nbsp;... A supersequence of these <b>rocks</b> is exposed in the various cliffs and canyons (
including the <b>Grand Canyon</b>) that <b>make up the Grand</b> Staircase. Increasingly&nbsp;... <b>Type</b> section. Named for, Dox Castle, north side of Colorado River, Shinumo 
quadrangle, Coconino County, Arizona. Named by, Noble (1914). The Dox 
Formation, also known as the Dox Sandstone, is a Mesoproterozoic <b>rock</b> 
formation that outcrops in the eastern <b>Grand Canyon</b>, ... This shale <b>makes</b> a 
distinct notch between the resistant cliff-forming quartzites&nbsp;... The <b>Grand Canyon</b> is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in 
Arizona, United States. The <b>Grand Canyon</b> is 277 miles (446 km) long, <b>up</b> to 18 
miles (29 km) wide ... The Pueblo people considered the <b>Grand Canyon</b> a holy 
site, and <b>made</b> pilgrimages to it. ... These volcanic <b>rocks</b> are the youngest in the 
canyon. The <b>Grand Canyon</b> Supergroup is a Mesoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic 
sequence of sedimentary strata, mostly exposed in the eastern <b>Grand Canyon</b> of 
Arizona. This group is composed of the Unkar Group, Nankoweap Formation, 
Chuar Group and the Sixtymile Formation, which overlie Vishnu Basement <b>Rocks</b>
. ... is <b>made up</b> of the bottom three Unkar Group members (containing Unkar units
&nbsp;... The Pennsylvanian to Lower Permian Supai Group, is a slope-forming section of 
red bed ... Northern Arizona, Grand Canyon; basement rocks of Verde Valley, 
Mogollon Rim, ... The Supai Group is especially exposed throughout the <b>Grand</b> 
<b>Canyon</b> in ... extreme southwest Colorado, and adjacent to the Hermosa <b>type</b> 
section. The Lower Permian Esplanade Sandstone is a cliff-forming, resistant sandstone, 
dark red, geologic unit found in the <b>Grand Canyon</b>. The <b>rock</b> unit forms a&nbsp;... The <b>Grand Canyon</b> of the Yellowstone is the first large canyon on the 
Yellowstone River ... I sat there in amazement, while my companions came <b>up</b>, 
and after that, ... Many of these were loose, and could be taken out of the <b>rock</b> 
with the hand; broken ... The canyon is a classic V-shaped valley, indicative of 
river-<b>type</b> erosion&nbsp;... The <b>Grand</b> Staircase refers to an immense sequence of sedimentary <b>rock</b> layers 
that stretch south from Bryce <b>Canyon</b> National Park and <b>Grand</b> ... River to cut its 
channel to <b>make</b> individual plateaus out of the Colorado Plateaus region. ... Gulf 
of California opened <b>up</b> and thus lowered the river&#39;s base level (its lowest point). Palo Duro Canyon is a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment located in the 
Texas ... layers of <b>rock</b> and steep mesa walls similar to those in the <b>Grand</b> 
<b>Canyon</b>. ... The Quartermaster and Tecovas Formations <b>make up</b> Capital Peak.
sedimentary rock
Geology of the Grand Canyon area