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: Coconino Sandstone, (prominence, Permian unit) Hermit Shale, Permian Supai Group, (4 units, Pennsylvanian-Permian) 4 – Esplanade Sandstone, (Permian)(Typically forms a resistant (& thick) cliff, thickening in Western Grand Canyon) 3 – Wescogame Formation 2 – Manakacha Formation, (a resistant cliff-former; can make cliffs, or cliffs, with a platform on prominence) 1 – Watahomigi Formation (localized-Surprise Canyon Formation) Redwall Limestone-cliff-former (and platform-former)
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
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 Closeup View of Cardenas Peak, Summitpost (type name) platform of Esplanade (with debris remainders?)
Supai Group, Manakacha Formation
Manakacha Formation prominence Landform Location Notes Images Dana Butte Scorpion RidgeThe Howlands Butte Whites Butte Central-EastGrand Canyon (beginning)-West Grand Canyon Central Grand Canyon“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. (start of)-West Grand Canyon
Supai Group, Watahomigi Formation
Supai Group prominence Landform Location __Notes__ Images Geikie Peak (near start of)-West Grand Canyon remainder (pyramidal) slopesWata- homigi Formation
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.
Angels Gate Brady Peak Jupiter Temple
Mount Hayden Siegfried Pyre Tritle Peak
Alphabetical listing
Cardenas Butte Dana Butte Geikie Peak Scorpion Ridge
The Howlands Butte Thor Temple Whites Butte
See also Geology of the Grand Canyon area
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