Deposition of the Grand Canyon Series Deposition of the Tapeats. Bright Angei. a

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Deposition of the Grand Canyon Series Deposition of the Tapeats. Bright Angei. and Muav Formates Erosion of the Grand Canyon by the Colorado River Deposition of the Redwall Limestone Deposition of rocks that were metamorphosed to form the Vishnu Schist Expansion of the sea to deposit the Kaibab Limestone Mountain building and metamorphism to form the Vishnu Schist Post-Redwall erosion Tilting and faulting of the Grand Canyon Senes Erosion and exposure of the Vishnu Schist. Intrusion of the Zoroaster Granite. Deposition of the Supai Formation and the Hermit Shale. Expansion of a desert and the deposition of the Coconino Sandstone Deposition of the Devonian. Temple Butte Limestone. Erosion and formation of the Great Precambrian-Cambrian unconformity

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Use the concept of law of horizontality, law of superposition, and law of cross cutting to identify the rock beds.

The Grand Canyon has formed with different layers of the rocks. The deposition of the rocks has occurred one after other. Vishnu schist is the basement of the geologic formation, after that so many sedimentary layers has been deposited one after other. The last deposited layer is the younger than the other. In that series an intrusion occurs, so it is the youngest than all the rocks.

The order of ages of the following rocks from oldest to youngest as follows:

Mountain building and metamorphism to form the Vishnu Schist

Deposition of rocks that were metamorphosed to form the Vishnu Schist

Erosion and formation of the Great Precambrian-Cambrian unconformity

Deposition of the Tapeats, Bright Angel, and Muav Formation – Sandstone, Shale, Lime stone

Deposition of the Devonian, Temple Butte Limestone

Deposition of the Redwall Limestone

Post-Read wall erosion

Deposition of the Supai formation and the Hermit Shale

Erosion and Exposure of the Vishnu Schist

Explanation of a desert and the deposition of the Coconino Sandstone

Expansion of the sea to deposit the Kaibab Limestone

Tilting and faulting of the Grand canyon Series

Deposition of the Grand Canyon Series

Erosion of the Grand canyon by the Colorado River

Intrusion of the Zoroaster Granite

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