Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Location Map This view is looking west toward a hogback ridge is along the Northshore Road near milepost 15. Steeply dipping strata in the cliff face to the left consists of the Bitter Ridge Limestone Member of the Horse Spring Formation. The steeply dipping strata on the right consists of Late Paleozoic-age limestone and sandstone (Kaibab and Toroweap Formations)(Tingley and others, 2001; Beard and others, 2007).
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