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Dutton, Clarence E. (Clarence Edward), 1841-1912, author

Tertiary history of the Grand Cañon District / Clarence E. Dutton ; with an introduction by Wallace Stegner and a new foreword by Stephen J. Pyne.

First University of Arizona Press edition.

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2001].

©2001

xxv, 264 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

The classic geological study of the Grand Canyon, commissioned by the fledgling U.S. Geological Survey, is admired today as much for its literary qualities as for its scientific value.

Geology, Stratigraphic -- Tertiary.

Geology -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon Region (Ariz.)

Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993. author of introduction

Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- author of foreword

Reprint of the 1882 ed. published by the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, which was issued as vol. 2 of its Monographs.

Includes index.

General description of the topographic and geologic features of the Grand Canon District -- The Mesozoic terraces upon the northern border of the district -- A description of the Vermilion Cliffs and of the Valley of the Virgen -- The great denudation -- The Toroweap Valley and the middle portion of the Grand Canon -- The Uinkaret Plateau -- A journey from Kanab across the desert to the Kaibab Plateau and ato the brink of the chasm -- The scenery of the Grand Canon in the Kaibab division viewed from Point Sublime -- The amphitheaters of the Kaibab division -- Structural geology and evolution of the Kaibab Plateau -- The Paria Plateau and the Marble Canon platform -- Physical history and evolution of the Grand Canon District -- The excavation of the Grand Canon : corrasion and weathering -- The excavation of the Grand Canon : origin of the details of its erosion.

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