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What does the great unconformity represent??
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What does the great unconformity represent??

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The Great Unconformity is found in the Grand Canyon and this separates the Tonto Group from the underlying, tilted,and faulted layers of sedimentary rocks. This represent the gap in the geological record, where there seems to be a missing in time. 
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