Quaternary Geology , Geomorphology, and Erosional Processes, Eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona
Author : Ivo Lucchitta
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 31,1 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Geology
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Author : Ivo Lucchitta
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 31,1 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Geology
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Author : Matt D. Anders
Publisher :
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 25,14 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Landscape changes
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Page : 46 pages
File Size : 20,63 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Erosion
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Author : Terah Leroy Smiley
Publisher :
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 22,27 MB
Release : 1984
Category : History
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Some of the most striking and beautiful of all landscapes that can be formed by natural geological and climatic processes can be found in Arizona. This volume is designed to present the reader with visual images of many of the spectacular landscapes of Arizona, their relationship to each other, and explanations of the dynamic aspects of their development over millions of years. Replete with photographs, this valuable reference work will be useful to all students of geology, particularly that of Arizona.
Author : Stanley S. Beus
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 13,49 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Science
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This second edition of the leading book on Grand Canyon geology contains the most recent discoveries and interpretations of the origin and history of the canyon. It includes two entirely new chapters: one on debris flow in the Canyon and one on Holocene deposits in the canyon. All chapters have been updated where necessary and all photographs have been replaced or re-screened for better resolution. Written by acknowledged experts in stratigraphy, paleontology, structural geology, geomorphology, volcanism, and seismology, this book offers a wealth of information for students, geologists, and general readers interested in acquiring an understanding of the geological history of this great natural wonder.
Author : J. Michael Timmons
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 17,79 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813724899
Author : Benjamin D. DeJong
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 21,92 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Fluvial geomorphology
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Author : Steven Gloss
Publisher :
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 11,51 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Stream ecology
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Author : Charles G. Higgins
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 11,22 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813722527
Author : Ann Zwinger
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 33,22 MB
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0816533393
Every writer comes to the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon with a unique point of view. Ann Zwinger's is that of a naturalist, an "observer at the river's brim." Teamed with scientists and other volunteer naturalists, Zwinger was part of an ongoing study of change along the Colorado. In all seasons and all weathers, in almost every kind of craft that goes down the waves, she returned to the Grand Canyon again and again to explore, look, and listen. From the thrill of running the rapids to the wonder in a grain of sand, her words take the reader down 280 miles of the "ever-flowing, energetic, whooping and hollering, galloping" river. Zwinger's book begins with a bald eagle count at Nankoweap Creek in January and ends with a subzero, snowy walk out of the canyon at winter solstice. Between are the delights of spring in side canyons, the benediction of rain on a summer beach, and the chill that comes off limestone walls in November. Her eye for detail catches the enchantment of small things played against the immensity of the river: the gatling-gun love song of tree frogs; the fragile beauty of an evening primrose; ravens "always in close attendance, like lugubrious, sharp-eyed, nineteenth-century undertakers"; and a golden eagle chasing a trout "with wings akimbo like a cleaning lady after a cockroach." As she travels downstream, Zwinger follows others in history who have risked—and occasionally lost—their lives on the Colorado. Hiking in narrow canyons, she finds cliff dwellings and broken pottery of prehistoric Indians. Rounding a bend or running a rapid, she remembers the triumphs and tragedies of early explorers and pioneers. She describes the changes that have come with putting a big dam on a big river and how the dam has affected the riverine flora and fauna as well as the rapids and their future. Science in the hands of a poet, this captivating book is for armchair travelers who may never see the grandiose Colorado and for those who have run it wisely and well. Like the author, readers will find themselves bewitched by the color and flow of the river, and enticed by what's around the next bend. With her, they will find its rhythms still in the mind, long after the splash and spray and pound are gone.