Includes bibliographical references (p. 483-501) and index.
Contents:
Introducing the Grand Canyon / Stanley S. Beus, Michael Morales -- Precambrian crystalline core / R. S. Babcock -- Grand Canyon Supergroup : Unkar group / J. D. Hendricks, G. M. Stevenson -- Grand Canyon Supergroup : Nankoweap formation, Chuar group, and Sixtymile formation / Trevor David Ford -- Geologic structure of the Grand Canyon supergroup / James W. Sears -- Tonto group / Larry T. Middleton, David K. Elliott -- Temple Butte formation / Stanley S. Beus -- Redwall limestone and Surprise canyon formation / Stanley S. Beus -- Supai group and Hermit formation / Ronald C. Blakey -- Coconino sandstone / Larry T. Middleton, David K. Elliott, Michael Morales -- Toroweap formation / Christine E. Turner -- Kaibab formation / Ralph Lee Hopkins -- Mesozoic and Cenozoic strata of the Colorado plateau near the Grand Canyon / Michael Morales -- Phanerozoic structural geology of the Grand Canyon / Peter W. Huntoon -- History of the Grand Canyon and of the Colorado River in Arizona / Ivo Lucchitta -- Hydraulics and geomorphology of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon / Susan Werner Kieffer -- Late Cenozoic lava dams in the western Grand Canyon / W. K. Hamblin -- Earthquakes and seismicity of the Grand Canyon region / David S. Brumbaugh -- Rock movement and mass wastage in the Grand Canyon / Richard Hereford, Peter W. Huntoon -- Side canyons of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon / Andre R. Potochnik, Stephen J. Reynolds.
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