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Title:
Grand Canyon geology : two billion years of Earth's history / edited by J. Michael Timmons, Karl E. Karlstrom.
Publisher:
Geological Society of America,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
v, 156 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm + 2 color maps on 2 folded sheets.
Subject:
Geology, Stratigraphic--Paleozoic.
Erosion--Grand Canyon.--Grand Canyon.
Geology--Grand Canyon.--Grand Canyon.
Other Authors:
Timmons, J. Michael, 1969-
Karlstrom, Karl E.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-156)
Contents:
Afterword / Karl E. Karlstrom, Laura J. Crossey, and J. Michael Timmons. 9. Vishnu basement rocks of the upper Granite Gorge : continent formation 1.84 to 1.66 billion years ago / Karl E. Karlstrom, Bradley R. Ilg, David Hawkins, Michael L. Williams, Gregory Dumond, Kevin Mahan, and Samuel A. Bowring -- 2. The Grand Canyon Unkar group : Mesoproterozoic basin formation in the continental interior during supercontinent assembly / J. Michael Timmons, John Bloch, Kathryn Fletcher, Karl E. Karlstrom, Matt Heizler, and Laura J. Crossey -- 3. The Neoproterozoic earth system revealed from the Chuar group of Grand Canyon / Carol M. Dehler, Susannah M. Porter, and J. Michael Timmons -- 4. Many unconformities make one "Great Unconformity" / Karl E. Karlstrom and J. Michael Timmons -- 5. Geologic history and paleogeography of Paleozoic and early Mesozoic sedimentary rocks, eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona / Ronald C. Blakey and Larry T. Middleton -- 6. Faulting and uplift in the Grand Canyon region / Karl E. Karlstrom and J. Michael Timmons -- 7. The Laramide and post-Laramide uplift and erosional history of the eastern Grand Canyon : evidence from apatite fission-track thermochronology / Shari A. Kelley and Karl E. Karlstrom -- 8. A review of the Quaternary geomorphology of eastern Grand Canyon / Joel L. Pederson -- 9. Travertines and travertine springs in eastern Grand Canyon : what they tell us about groundwater, paleoclimate, and incision of Grand Canyon / Laura J. Crossey and Karl E. Karlstrom -- Afterword / Karl E. Karlstrom, Laura J. Crossey, and J. Michael Timmons.
Series:
Special paper ; 489.
ISBN:
0813724899 (pbk.)
9780813724898 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)780161500
LCCN:
2012006072
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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