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Tapeats Sandstone Narrows in Slate Canyon. NPS Photo by Kristen M. Caldon 

Tapeats Sandstone. thickness: 0-400 ft.

Deposited about 525 million years ago during the Early Cambrian Period, this layer is composed of tan and red sandstone and conglomerate. It forms cliffs in the Grand Canyon’s profile. The depositional environment was similar to a modern day river delta, a beach-like shoreline with small river channels. Many trace fossils have been found in this formation.


The Tapeats Sandstone is made up of many different colors, from yellow to purple. These chunks were once a giant boulder that had fallen upon the North Kaibab Trail, and have been broken apart and pushed off the trail. NPS Photo by Kristen M. Caldon 

Tapeats Sandstone. thickness: 0-400 ft.
Deposited about 525 million years ago during the Early Cambrian Period, this layer is composed of tan and red sandstone and conglomerate. It forms cliffs in the Grand Canyon’s profile. The depositional environment was similar to a modern day river delta, a beach-like shoreline with small river channels. Many trace fossils have been found in this formation.
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