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.


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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E-mail Dr. J David Rogers at rogersda@umr.edu
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