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North Rim |
* The following pages contain imagery from Fall 2004
GLG 121 Geology of the Grand Canyon. |
* If anyone has field trip imagery that they'd like
to post here, email Bob
Leighty. |
* Images
and videos are by author noted in the caption. All imagery is copyrighted
and cannot be used for any commercial purposes without permission. |
* Some text (usually in bold) will be hyperlinked for
further clarification of various terms and concepts. |
* Numerical dates for geologic time are mostly taken
from the International Commission
on Stratigraphy. Note: Ma = mega-annum or million years. |
* A number of resources were used in the following pages,
including: |
Geologic Map of the Eastern Part of the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (Billingsley and others, 1996) GeoWhen (http://www.stratigraphy.org/geowhen/timelinestages.html) Grand Canyon National Park Topo Map, National Geographic Trails Illustrated, 1:73,530 scale. Grand Canyon Place Names!! (http://www.grandcanyontreks.org/place.htm) Guide to the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon: Lees Ferry to South Cove (Martin and Whitis, 2004) |