Conor Watkins And J. David Rogers
Complex Landslippage In The Grand Canyon

This photo taken above 220-Mile Camp in the western Grand Canyon shows a textbook example of a Toreva-Block landslide high above the Lower Granite Gorge.  Note the backrotated strata of the displaced block.

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Landslippage Elsewhere In The Colorado Plateau

MARBLE CANYON
AND
EASTERN GRAND CANYON
-From Lee's Ferry to the confluence of the Little Colorado River

EMINENCE BREAK FAULT LANDSLIDE

SADDLE CANYON

CENTRAL GRAND CANYON
-From the confluence of the Little Colorado River to Kanab Canyon

BLACKTAIL CANYON

TAPEATS CREEK

TAPEATS CAVE CANYON

THUNDER RIVER

SURPRISE VALLEY

COGSWELL BUTTE

DEER CREEK

FISHTAIL CANYON

WESTERN GRAND CANYON
-From Kanab Canyon to the Grand Wash Cliffs

LANDSLIDING IN THE VICINITY OF 205-MILE CANYON

THE 218-MILE TOREVA BLOCK

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Landslippage Elsewhere In The Colorado Plateau

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E-mail Dr. J David Rogers at rogersda@umr.edu
or Conor Watkins at cwatkin@umr.edu.