Grand Canyon geology / edited by Stanley S. Beus and Michael Morales.

Other author Beus, Stanley S.
Other author Morales, Michael.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press ; [Flagstaff] : Museum of Northern Arizona Press, 1990.
Descriptionx, 518 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

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.
Local noteLittle-288955--305130042114O
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 483-501) and index.
LCCN 90007163
ISBN0195050142 (alk. paper)
ISBN0195050150 (pbk. : alk. paper)