Table of Contents

Foreword 1.: Introducing the Grand Canyon 2.: Paleoproterozoic Rocks of the Granite Gorges 3.: Grand Canyon Supergroup: Unkar Group 4.: Grand Canyon Supergroup: Nankoweap Formation, Chuar Group, and Sixtymile Formation 5.: Geologic Structure of the Grand Canyon Supergroup 6.: Tonto Group 7.: Temple Butte Formation 8.: Redwall Limestone and Surprise Canyon Formation 9.: Supai Group and Hermit Formation 10.: Coconino Sandstone 11.: Toroweap Formation 12.: Kaibab Formation 13.: Mesozoic and Cenozoic Strata of the Colorado Plateau Near the Grand Canyon 14.: Post-Precambrian Tectonism in the Grand Canyon Region 15.: History of the Grand Canyon and of the Colorado River in Arizona 16.: Hydraulics and Geomorphology of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon 17.: Late Cenozoic Lava Dams in the Western grand Canyon 18.: Earthquakes and Seismicity of the Grand Canyon Region 19.: Holocene Terraces, Sand Dunes, and Debris Fans along the 20.: Debris Flows and the Colorado River 21.: Side Canyons of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon Bibliography Index