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Grand Canyon geology

Title
Grand Canyon geology / edited by Stanley S. Beus, Michael Morales.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Beus, Stanley S.
  • Morales, Michael.
Description
ix, 432 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Subject
Geology > Grand Canyon
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-427) and index.
Contents
1. Introducing the Grand Canyon / Stanley S. Beus and Michael Morales -- 2. Paleoproterozoic Rocks of the Granite Gorges / K. E. Karlstrom, B. R. Ilg, M. L. Williams, D. P. Hawkins, S. A. Bowring and S. J. Seaman -- 3. Grand Canyon Supergroup: Unkar Group / J. D. Hendricks and G. M. Stevenson -- 4. Grand Canyon Supergroup: Nankoweap Formation, Chuar Group, and Sixtymile Formation / Trevor D. Ford and Carol M. Dehler -- 5. Geologic Structure of the Grand Canyon Supergroup / J. Michael Timmons, Karl E. Karlstrom and James W. Sears -- 6. Tonto Group / Larry T. Middleton and David K. Elliot -- 7. Temple Butte Formation / Stanley S. Beus -- 8. Redwall Limestone and Surprise Canyon Formation / Stanley S. Beus -- 9. Supai Group and Hermit Formation / Ronald C. Blakey -- 10. Coconino Sandstone / Larry T. Middleton, David K. Elliott and Michael Morales -- 11. Toroweap Formation / Christine E. Turner -- 12. Kaibab Formation / Ralph Lee Hopkins and Kelcy L. Thompson -- 13. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Strata of the Colorado Plateau Near the Grand Canyon / Michael Morales -- 14. Post-Precambrian Tectonism in the Grand Canyon Region / Peter W. Huntoon -- 15. History of the Grand Canyon and of the Colorado River in Arizona / Ivo Lucchitta -- 16. Hydraulics and Geomorphology of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon / Susan Werner Kieffer -- 17. Late Cenozoic Lava Dams in the Western Grand Canyon / W. K. Hamblin -- 18. Earthquakes and Seismicity of the Grand Canyon Region / David S. Brumbaugh -- 19. Holocene Terraces, Sand Dunes, and Debris Fans along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon / Kelly J. Burke, Helen C. Fairley, Richard Hereford and Kathryn S. Thompson -- 20. Debris Flows and the Colorado River / Robert H. Webb, Theodore S. Melis and Peter G. Griffiths -- 21. Side Canyons of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon / Andre R. Potochnik and Stephen J. Reynolds.
ISBN
  • 0195122984 (acid-free paper)
  • 0195122992 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
LCCN
2001021266
OCLC
  • ocm45917164
  • SCSB-4331300
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries