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    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)...
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    Bass Formation, Hakatai Shale, Shinumo Quartzite, Dox Formation, and Cardenas Basalt. Units 4 & 5 are found mostly in the eastern region of Grand Canyon...
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    Bass Formation, Hakatai Shale, Shinumo Quartzite, Dox Formation, and Cardenas Basalt. The Unkar Group is overlain in ascending order by the Nankoweap Formation...
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    subordinate siltstones and mudrocks that unconformably overlie basaltic lava flows of the Cardenas Basalt of the Unkar Group and underlie the sedimentary strata...
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    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    – Galeros Formation 2 – Nankoweap Formation 1 – Unkar Group (5) – Cardenas Basalt, youngest, Meso-Proterozoic 1070 ± 70 million years (4) – Dox Formation...
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    70 million years old, the Cardenas Basalt is the youngest formation in the Unkar Group. It is made of layers of dark brown basaltic rocks that flowed as lava...
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    arm (southeast flank), contain the dp-black Basalt Cliffs (composed of Cardenas Basalt); the Cardenas Basalt lies upon brilliantly colored reddish Dox Formation...
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    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    unprotected side canyons of Cardenas Basalt show accumulations as a slope-forming geologic unit, with little showing of black basalt. The Tanner Graben sits...
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    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    sandstone-(conglomerates)-shale-limestone found two 'mountain island' members, the Cardenas Basalt (sections), and the Shinumo Quartzite, as erosion resistant 'prominences'...
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    Bass Formation, Hakatai Shale, Shinumo Quartzite, Dox Formation, and Cardenas Basalt. The Unkar Group is overlain in ascending order by the Nankoweap Formation...
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  • Thumbnail for Brahma Temple (Grand Canyon)
    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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  • Thumbnail for Deva Temple
    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    coarse-grained, crossbedded coarse arkose. Basaltic sills and dikes intrude all of the Unkar Group below the Cardenas Basalt. Sills intruded only the Bass Formation...
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    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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  • Thumbnail for Manu Temple
    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    Maswik Lodge Phantom Ranch Geology Agave phillipsiana Bat Cave mine Cardenas Basalt Dox Formation Ericameria arizonica Esplanade Sandstone Grand Canyon...
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    Precipitation runoff from Jupiter Temple drains south to the Colorado River via Basalt and Unkar Creeks. Geology of the Grand Canyon area Aerial view of Jupiter...
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