List of Supai Group prominences in the Grand Canyon

This is a List of Supai Group prominences in the Grand Canyon. Landforms with up to 4 units of Supai Group, as prominences.

The rock unit sequences are as follows:

Supai Group (4 units)

Supai Group prominence
Landform Location __Notes__ Images
Whites Butte (near start of)-
West Grand Canyon
remainder
debris of Supai Group
Wata-
homigi Formation
Whites Butte

Supai Group, Esplanade Sandstone (unit 4)

Supai Group prominence
Esplanade Sandstone (unit 4)
Landform Location __Notes__ Images
Cardenas Butte


Thor Temple
East South Rim


Central Grand Canyon
butte on ridgeline [1]


platform of Esplanade (with debris remainders?)
Cardenas Butte
Thor Temple

Supai Group, Manakacha Formation

Manakacha Formation prominence
Landform Location Notes Images
Dana Butte




Scorpion Ridge



The Howlands Butte
Central-East
Grand Canyon


(beginning)-
West Grand Canyon


Central Grand Canyon[2]
Dana Butte

Scorpion Ridge

The Howlands Butte

Supai Group, Watahomigi Formation

Supai Group prominence
Landform Location __Notes__ Images
Geikie Peak (near start of)-
West Grand Canyon
remainder (pyramidal) slopes
Wata-
homigi Formation
Geikie Peak

Coconino Sandstone cliffs on Supai (#4)-Esplanade Sandstone platform

The cliff-former (and a platform-former) Esplanade Sandstone supports cliffs of Coconino Sandstone, the cliffs being on slope-former Hermit Shale, then the Esplanade Sandstone platform.

Alphabetical listing

See also

References

  1. Closeup View of Cardenas Peak, Summitpost (type name)
  2. “Geologic Map of the Grand Canyon in the Vicinity of the South Rim Visitor Center”, Kamilli, R. J., and Richard, S. M., editors, 1998. Geologic Highway Map of Arizona: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society and Arizona Geological Survey, 1 sheet containing text and figures, scale 1:1,000,000.
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