Grand Canyon geology : two billion years of Earth's history /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boulder, Colo. :
Geological Society of America,
[2012]
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| Series: | Special papers (Geological Society of America) ;
489. |
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| Online Access: | http://specialpapers.gsapubs.org/content/489 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction to Grand Canyon geology / Karl E. Karlstrom, J. Michael Timmons, and Laura J. Crossey
- 1. 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.