TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I THE ARCHEAN ERA
CHAPTER II THE ALGONKIAN ERA
CHAPTER III THE PALEOZOIC ERA
CHAPTER IV THE MESOZOIC ERA
CHAPTER V THE CENOZOIC ERA
GEOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GRAND CANYON REGION Including Zion,
Transcriber's Note
Title: Ancient Landscapes of the Grand Canyon Region
The Geology of Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Petrified Forest & Painted Desert
Author: Edwin Dinwiddie McKee
Language: English
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THE GRAND CANYON—1. SCHISTS AND GRANITES (ARCHEAN ERA): 2. SANDSTONES, LIMESTONES, SHALES (ALGONKIAN ERA): 3. TONTO FORMATIONS (CAMBRIAN PERIOD): 4. REDWALL LIMESTONE (MISSISSIPPIAN PERIOD): 5. SUPAI SANDSTONE AND SHALE (PERMIAN PERIOD): 6. HERMIT SHALE (PERMIAN PERIOD): 7. COCONINO SANDSTONE (PERMIAN PERIOD): 8. TOROWEAP AND KAIBAB FORMATIONS (PERMIAN PERIOD).
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
ANCIENT LANDSCAPES
OF THE
GRAND CANYON REGION
THE GEOLOGY OF GRAND CANYON, ZION, BRYCE, PETRIFIED FOREST & PAINTED DESERT
BY
Edwin D. McKee, Asst. Director
Museum of Northern Arizona
Sketches and Charts by Louis Schellbach 3rd Park Naturalist, Grand Canyon National Park, and Russell Hastings
PUBLISHED BY
EDWIN D. MCKEE
1931
COPYRIGHT 1931
Edwin D. McKee
Thirteenth Edition, 1952
PRINTED BY
COCONINO SUN CO.
Flagstaff, Arizona
