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When The walls of the grand canyon are made up of layers of sandstone a dike cuts across some of the layers when did the dike form?
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What caused the shape of the Grand Cayon?
The grand canyon was formed when excessive and massive overflow of water washed off soft and loosen sandstone and dirt leaving hard ground intacted. As water continue down stream, soft sandstone and dirt get washed off and this created deeper channel as water decreases. At the same time water waves created and separated strata layers by bouncing and washing off loosen dirt between layers, making horizontal lines all the way from the top to the bottom. These horizontal lines prove that water did flood the area creating a massive canyon. A small river would not be able to create a several miles wide canyon. The fact that the top and bottom strata layers look identical in age suggests that the canyon may have been created at the same or not too distant set of times.
What type of rock form layers that can be seen in heavily weathered regions such as the grand canyon?
Sedimentary
What is the third largest canyon in the world?
The Grand Canyon
Which was formed by erosion?
the Grand Canyon
Did a glacier melt in the great canyon?
no the Colorado river eroded out the grand canyon not a glacier
What features can you find at grand canyon?
The Grand Canyon=Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!With layers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1=The Grand Canyon=Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!With layers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1=
What layers of type of rock can be found at grand canyon?
Probably Kaibab limestone, Coconino sandstone, Hermit shale, Redwall limestone, Muav limestone, Vishnu Schist, and other layers.
What is the second layer of the grand canyon made of?
Probably Kaibab limestone, Coconino sandstone, Hermit shale, Redwall limestone, Muav limestone, Vishnu Schist, and other layers.
How are shale and sandstone formed at the grand canyon?
they give birth
How might you correlate rock layers from the north wall of the grand canyon with rock layers from the south wall?
Make a layered cake, with each layer representing a layer of the canyon. pick different kinds of cake that look like shale, sandstone, limestone, etc.
Why are the colors of the canyon wall so vivid in the grand canyon?
The different colors of the Grand Canyon indicate where the water levels have recently been. The lighter the color, the more recent water levels have been. ------------------------- The Different colors of the Grand canyon are due to the different Strata of rocks that been exposed during the 5 to 6 million year history of the Grand Canyon. Some Layers are Granite, some are schist, Some are Limestone.
Is the Grand Canyon mountains?
the grand canyon is layers of rock formed over millions of years
Why the grand canyon is so important?
The Grand Canyon is important for the study of geology. The Grand Canyon clearly shows the layers of the Earths crust.
What is the Grand Canyon made off?
Mostly: Limestone, Shale, Sandstone and Schist
What is the kind of rock is the Grand Canyon?
A mix of sandstone and other sediment rocks
Can you walk only across the Grand Canyon Skywalk?
The Skywalk does not cross the Grand Canyon.
What happened to the missing layers of the grand canyon?
Washed downstream.
