Vesta Temple
Geology
The summit of Vesta Temple is composed of Permian Kaibab Limestone and Toroweap Formation overlaying cream-colored, cliff-forming, Permian Coconino Sandstone. The sandstone, which is the third-youngest of the strata in the Grand Canyon, was deposited 265 million years ago as sand dunes. Below the Coconino Sandstone is reddish, slope-forming, Permian Hermit Formation, which in turn overlays the Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group. Further down are strata of the conspicuous cliff-forming Mississippian Redwall Limestone, the Cambrian Tonto Group, and finally granite of the Paleoproterozoic Vishnu Basement Rocks at river level in Granite Gorge. Precipitation runoff from Vesta Temple drains northeast to the Colorado River via Topaz Canyon and Boucher Creek.
See also
References
- ^ "Vesta Temple, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ "Vesta Temple – 6,299' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ "Vesta Temple". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917, page 81.
- ^ Randy Moore and Kara Felicia Witt, The Grand Canyon: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture, 2018, ABC-CLIO Publisher, page 151.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. S2CID 9654551.
- ^ N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917.
- ^ William Kenneth Hamblin, Anatomy of the Grand Canyon: Panoramas of the Canyon's Geology, 2008, Grand Canyon Association Publisher, ISBN 9781934656013.
External links
- Weather forecast: National Weather Service
- Vesta Temple photo from Mimbreno Point
- Vesta Temple photo by Harvey Butchart