Ancient Landscapes of the Grand Canyon Region

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Author

McKee, Edwin D. (Edwin Dinwiddie), 1906-1984

Title

Ancient Landscapes of the Grand Canyon Region The Geology of Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Petrified Forest & Painted Desert

Credits

E-text prepared by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan, Carol Spears, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net)

Language

English

LoC Class

F786: United States local history: New Southwest. Colorado River, Canyon, and Valley

Subject

Geology -- Utah -- Zion National Park

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48126

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48126

Release Date

January 31, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ANCIENT LANDSCAPES OF THE GRAND CANYON REGION
2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS — ILLUSTRATIONS
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.CHAPTER I THE ARCHEAN ERA — THE EARTH’S OLDEST ROCKS (THE ARCHEAN ERA) — GRANITE IN GRAND CANYON (THE ARCHEAN ERA)
5. 5.CHAPTER II THE ALGONKIAN ERA — ALGONKIAN ROCKS IN GRAND CANYON — FORMATION OF MOUNTAINS (THE ALGONKIAN ERA) — EARLY CLIMATES (THE ALGONKIAN ERA) — OLDEST KNOWN LIFE (THE ALGONKIAN ERA)
6. 6.CHAPTER III THE PALEOZOIC ERA — FIRST ANIMAL LIFE—THE TONTO ROCKS (CAMBRIAN PERIOD) — THE MISSING PERIODS OF THE THIRD ERA (ORDOVICIAN AND SILURIAN PERIODS) — THE AGE OF FISH (DEVONIAN PERIOD) — SEA LIFE FROM THE NORTH—THE REDWALL LIMESTONE (MISSISSIPPIAN OR LOWER CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD) — TRACKS IN THE SUPAI SANDSTONE (PERMIAN PERIOD) — LANDSCAPES OF THE HERMIT SHALE (PERMIAN PERIOD) — WIND-BLOWN SAND—THE COCONINO (PERMIAN PERIOD) — WARM SEAS FROM THE WEST—THE TOROWEAP AND KAIBAB FORMATIONS (PERMIAN PERIOD)
7. 7.CHAPTER IV THE MESOZOIC ERA — REMNANTS OF YOUNGER STRATA—RED BUTTE AND CEDAR MOUNTAIN (MOENKOPI FORMATION: TRIASSIC PERIOD) — THE PETRIFIED FOREST (SHINARUMP AND CHINLE FORMATIONS; TRIASSIC PERIOD) — DINOSAUR TRACKS (WINGATE-KAYENTA; JURASSIC PERIOD) — THE ROCKS OF ZION CANYON AND RAINBOW NATURAL BRIDGE (NAVAJO SANDSTONE; JURASSIC PERIOD) — FROM SEASHELLS TO COAL BEDS (DAKOTA. MANCOS, MESA VERDE; CRETACEOUS PERIOD)
8. 8.CHAPTER V THE CENOZOIC ERA — BRYCE CANYON FORMATION (WASATCH: EOCENE EPOCH) — A GREAT EROSION SURFACE (CENOZOIC AGE) — CRUSTAL MOVEMENT AT GRAND CANYON (CENOZOIC AGE) — CUTTING THE GRAND CANYON (PLIOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE EPOCHS) — THE FORMING OF ZION CANYON (PLIOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE EPOCHS) — GLACIERS (PLEISTOCENE EPOCH) — SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAIN VOLCANIC FIELD (PLIOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE EPOCHS) — ELEPHANTS AND CAMELS (PLEISTOCENE EPOCH) — ADVENT OF MAN IN THE SOUTHWEST (PLEISTOCENE HISTORIC)
9. 9.GEOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GRAND CANYON REGION Including Zion, Bryce, Painted Desert, and Petrified Forest
10. 10.Transcriber’s Note

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