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Arizona Geology

Discover the geological forces — ancient seas, volcanic fields, and nearly two billion years of exposed rock — that shaped Arizona's most iconic landscapes.

About Arizona Geology

Arizona's landscape is a geology lesson on a grand scale — from the nearly two-billion-year-old rock layers exposed in the Grand Canyon to the volcanic fields north of Flagstaff, still geologically young by comparison. Together, these forces built one of the most varied and dramatic landscapes in the country.

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