Geology of National Parks

Grand Canyon National Park

Selected References

Arizona Department of Water Resources, 2009, Perennial/Intermittent Streams and Springs in the Little Colorado River Plateau Basin [website]. Available on-line at: http://www.azwater.gov/azdwr/StatewidePlanning/WaterAtlas/EasternPlateau/Springs/LittleColoradoRiver.htm.

Babcock, R. S., 1990, Chapter 2, Precambrian crystalline core: in Grand Canyon Geology: New York: Beus, S. S., and Morales, M., editors, Oxford University Press and Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 11-28.

Belnap, B. and Belnap-Evans, K., 1989, Belnap's Waterproof Grand Canyon River Guide, All New Color Edition: Evergreen, Colorado: Westwater Books, 98 p.

Beus, S. S., 1987, Geology along the South Kaibab Trail, eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona: In Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America, Beus, S. S., editor, Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America, Centennial Field Guide v. 2, p. 371-378.

Beus, S. S., 1990, Chapter 7, Temple Butte Formation: in Grand Canyon Geology: New York: Beus, S. S., and Morales, M., editors, Oxford University Press and Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 107-118.

Beus, S. S., 1990b,Chapter 8, Redwall Limestone and Surprise Canyon Formation: in Grand Canyon Geology: New York: Beus, S. S., and Morales, M., editors, Oxford University Press and Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 119-146.

Beus, S. S. and Morales, M., 1990, Chapter 1, Introducing the Grand Canyon: in Grand Canyon Geology: New York: Oxford University Press and Museum of Northern Arizona, 1-10.

Beus, S. S. and Billingsley, G. H., 1989, Paleozoic strata of the Grand Canyon, Arizona: in Geology of Grand Canyon, Northern Arizona: Elston, D.P., Billingsley, G. H., and Young, R. A., editors, Washington DC: American Geophysical Union, p. 122-127.

Billingsley, G. H., 2000, Geologic Map of the Grand Canyon 30' by 60' Quadrangle, Coconino and Mohave Counties, Northwestern Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigation Series I-2688, Available on-line at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/i-2688/.

Billingsley, G. H., Spamer, E. E., and Menkes, D., 1997, Quest for the Pillar of Gold: The Mines and Miners of the Grand Canyon: Grand Canyon, Arizona: Grand Canyon Association, 112 p. Available on-line at: http://www.grandcanyon.org/booksmore/epubs/pillar/quest_for_the_pillar_of_gold_full.pdf.

Billingsley, G. H. and Wellmeyer, J. L., 2004, Geologic Map of the Mount Trumbull 30' x 60' Quadrangle, Mohave and Coconino Counties, Northwestern Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigation Series I-2766, Available on-line at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/i-2766/.

Blakey, R. C., 1990, Chapter 9, Supai Group and Hermit Formation: in Grand Canyon Geology: New York: Beus, S. S., and Morales, M., editors, Oxford University Press and Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 147-182.

Blakey, R. C., 2010, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Geologic History of Colorado Plateau: Northern Arizona University website. Available on-line at: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/index.html.

Carothers, S.W., and Brown, B. T., 1991, The Colorado River Through Grand Canyon, Natural History and Human Change: Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 235 p.

Grand Canyon Association, 2004, Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon National Park: Grand Canyon, Arizona: Grand Canyon Association brochure. Available on-line at: http://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/upload/Phantom%20Ranch.pdf.

Hamblin, W. K., 1990, Chapter 17, Late Cenozoic lava dams in the western Grand Canyon: in Grand Canyon Geology: New York: Beus, S. S., and Morales, M., editors, Oxford University Press and Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 385-434.

Harris, A. G., Tuttle, E., and Tuttle, S. D., 1997, Chapter 1 - Grand Canyon National Park: Geology of National Parks: Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, p. 6-27.

Hendricks, J. D. and Stevenson, G. M., 1990, Grand Canyon Supergroup: Unkar Group: in Grand Canyon Geology: New York: Beus, S. S., and Morales, M., editors, Oxford University Press and Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 29-48.

Hereford, R. and Huntoon, P. W., 1990, Chapter 19, Rock movement and mass wastage in the Grand Canyon: in Grand Canyon Geology: New York: Beus, S. S., and Morales, M., editors, Oxford University Press and Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 443-460.

Hopkins, R. L., 1990, Chapter 12, Kaibab Formation: in Grand Canyon Geology: New York: Beus, S. S., and Morales, M., editors, Oxford University Press and Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 225-246.

Ilg, B. R., Karlstrom, K. E., Hawkins, D. P., and Williams, M. R., 1996, Tectonic evolution of Paleoproterozoic rocks in the Grand Canyon: Insights into middle-crustal processes: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 108, no. 9, p. 1149-1166.

Mathis, A. and Bowman, C., 2005, What's in a number? Numeric ages for rocks exposed within the Grand Canyon, Part 2: Nature Notes (Grand Canyon National Park), v. 21, no. 2, p. 1-5. available on-line at: http://www.grandcanyon.org/canyonviews/NNWinter05.pdf.

Middleton, L. T. and Elliott, D. K., 1990, Chapter 6, Tonto Group: in Grand Canyon Geology: New York: Beus, S. S., and Morales, M., editors, Oxford University Press and Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 83-106.

Middleton, L. T., Elliott, D. K., and Morales, 1990, Chapter 10, Coconino Sandstone: in Grand Canyon Geology: New York: Beus, S. S., and Morales, M., editors, Oxford University Press and Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 83-106.

Nash, W. 1990, Uinkaret, Arizona: in , Volcanoes of North America: Wood, C. A. and and Kienle, J., editors, Cambridge University Press, p. 277.

National Park Service, [2010], Tusayan Ruin: Grand Canyon National Park brochure [website], 2 p sheet. Available on-line at: http://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/upload/Tusayan.pdf.

National Park Service, 2010b, Bright Angel Pueblo Archeology Exhibits: Grand Canyon National Park website. Available on-line at: http://www.nps.gov/grca/historyculture/ba-pueblo.htm#CP_JUMP_445476.

Powell, J. W., 1895, The Explorations of the Colorado River and Its Canyons [formerly titled: Canyons of the Colorado]: NY: Dover Publications, Inc. (1961 - an unabridged and unaltered reproduction of the work first published by Flood & Vincent), 400 p.

Potochnik, A. R. and Reynolds, S. J., 1990, Chapter 20, Side canyons of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon: in Grand Canyon Geology: New York: Beus, S. S., and Morales, M., editors, Oxford University Press and Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 461-481.

Timmons, S., Mathis, A., Quinn, M., 2009, Grand Canyon Geology Training Manual - Learning: National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park, 109 p. Available on-line at: http://www.nps.gov/grca/naturescience/geology_manual.htm.

Turner, C. E., 1990, Chapter 11, Toroweap Formation: in Grand Canyon Geology: New York: Beus, S. S., and Morales, M., editors, Oxford University Press and Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 203-224.

USDA, [2010], Ephedra viridis Coville (mormon tea): U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plants Database: Available on-line at: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=EPVI.

USDA, [2010b], Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little (Utah juniper): U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plants Database: Available on-line at:http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=JUOS.

USDA, [2010]c, Pinus ponderosa C. Lawson (ponderosa pine): U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plants Database: Available on-line at:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PIPO.

USDA, [2010d], Pinus edulis Engelm. (twoneedle pinyon): U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plants Database: Available on-line at: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PIED.

USDA, [2010e], Pinus monophylla Torr. & Frém. (singleleaf pinyon): U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plants Database: Available on-line at: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PIMO.

USDA, [2010f], Quercus gambelii Nutt. (gambel oak): U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plants Database: Available on-line at: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=QUGA.

USDA, [2010g], Agave utahensis Engelm. var. utahensis (Utah agave): U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plants Database: Available on-line at: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGUTU.

USDA, [2010h], Ambrosia dumosa (A. Gray) Payne (burrobush): U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plants Database: Available on-line at: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AMDU2.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1996, Field guide to the geology of the lower Grand Canyon - Lake Mead area: a structural transition: Flagstaff, Arizona: 7th Annual Science Teachers Workshop, October, 1996, 62 p.

Weaver, L., 2006, The Redwall Limestone Formation: UtahGeology.com website. Available on-line at: http://www.utahgeology.com/fm_redwall.php.
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