Cambrian Sawatch (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

Cambrian Sawatch

Caption

Cambrian Sawatch sandstone from the Sauk Transgression caps 1 billion-year-old Pikes Peak granite (pink) marking the Great Unconformity in a roadcut in Manitou Springs, Colorado.

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Adrian Tasistro-Hart

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