Grand Canyon Geology

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Two new chapters will be added to the Second Edition of this successful text, one on debris flow in the Canyon and the other on impact of water flow releases from the Glen Canyon Dam. The rest of the chapters will be updated where necessary and photographs will be replaced or re-screened for better resolution.

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Utgivningsdatum2002-11-21
Vikt742 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor448
Upplaga2
FörlagOxford University Press Inc
ISBN9780195122992

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Foreword1.: Introducing the Grand Canyon2.: Paleoproterozoic Rocks of the Granite Gorges3.: Grand Canyon Supergroup: Unkar Group4.: Grand Canyon Supergroup: Nankoweap Formation, Chuar Group, and Sixtymile Formation5.: Geologic Structure of the Grand Canyon Supergroup6.: Tonto Group7.: Temple Butte Formation8.: Redwall Limestone and Surprise Canyon Formation9.: Supai Group and Hermit Formation10.: Coconino Sandstone11.: Toroweap Formation12.: Kaibab Formation13.: Mesozoic and Cenozoic Strata of the Colorado Plateau Near the Grand Canyon14.: Post-Precambrian Tectonism in the Grand Canyon Region15.: History of the Grand Canyon and of the Colorado River in Arizona16.: Hydraulics and Geomorphology of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon17.: Late Cenozoic Lava Dams in the Western grand Canyon18.: Earthquakes and Seismicity of the Grand Canyon Region19.: Holocene Terraces, Sand Dunes, and Debris Fans along the20.: Debris Flows and the Colorado River21.: Side Canyons of the Colorado River in Grand CanyonBibliographyIndex