2005 Spring Field Trip - Utah & Arizona

UIUC Geology 315/415

Selected Bibliography

Link to GSA Style Guide

Note: Be sure to check with Dr. Lundstrom to make sure you are on track with your topic/presentation.

This is not an exhaustive list of resources. For more information, conduct a search of GeoRef , the Geologic Guidebooks of North America Database, the National Geologic Map Database, and the UIUC Online Catalog. Also, I have not looked at every item, so it is up to you to evaluate the information.

* Resources from Marshak field trip files

Index:

Background Resources:

Literature for Field Trip Stops:

I. Geology of the Colorado Plateau

    A. Stratigraphy of the Colorado Plateau in Arizona (including Grand Canyon)
    B. Laramide-style structures of the Colorado Plateau
    C. Formation of the Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau uplift
    D. Geophysics of the Colorado Plateau Uplift
    E. Other
II. Geology of the Grand Canyon
    A. Web Resources
    B. General Literature
    C. Paleontology
    D. Geology of the Grand Canyon, Hurricane fault
    E. History of Exploration of the Grand Canyon
    F. Lava Flows in the Grand Canyon

III. Geology of the Arizona Cenozoic volcanics (Sunset Crater and San Francisco Peaks)

    A. Web Resources
    B. General Literature

IV. Geology of Meteor Crater

V. Geology of the San Juan River Area

    A. General Literature
    B. Web
    C. Origin and Evolution of the San Juan River
    D. Stratigraphy: Pennsylvanian, Permian, Mesozoic
    E. Mule Ear Diatreme

VI. Environmental and Economic Geology

A. General
B. Geology of the Jerome Mining Area
C. Prospecting in Western Arizona
D. Petroleum Geology
E. Packrat Middens and the Climate Record
F. Lake Powell & Glen Canyon Dam
G. Water in the West
H. Uranium Mining

 
 
 
 
 
 

Background Resources:

Maps:

Geologic

Arizona Geologic Map - (also rock units and images of rock units..distant and close-up) Arizona Geological Survey

*Cooley, M.E., 1967, Arizona Highway Map: Arizona Geological Society. [Geology Reserves]

Hintze, L.F., 1974, Geologic map of Utah; Brigham Young University Geology Studies Special Publication 2:
Provo, UT, Brigham Young University, Dept. of Geology, map 25 x 20 cm, Scale ca. 1:2,280,960 [Geology G4340.C51974 .U8]

Hintze, L.F., 1975, Geological highway map of UtahBrigham Young University Geology Studies Special Publication 3: Provo, UT, Brigham Young University, Dept. of Geology, map59 x 46 cm, Scale ca. 1:950,000. [Geology G4340.C51975 .H5]

Luedke, R.G., and Smith, R.L., 1978, Map showing distribution, composition, and age of late Cenozoic volcanic centers in Arizona and New Mexico. [Geology Reserves]

Menges, C.M. and Pearthree, P.A., 1989, Late Cenozoic tectonism in Arizona and its impact on regional landscape evolution (see map of physiographic subdivisions on p. 651), in Penney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., eds., 1989, Geologic Evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest 17. [Geology557 Ar3ad v.17 (2 copies)]

*Reynolds, Stephen J., 1988, Geologic map of Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey (Map 26)

Topographic

Flagsaff Quad

San Juan River Trip:

Bluff Quadrangle
San Juan Hill Quadrangle
Mexican Hat Qudrangle

Arizona Atlas & Gazetteer (DeLorme)
Utah Atlas & Gazetteer (DeLorme)

Topozone - Online topographic maps
TerraServer - Online topographic maps and aerial photos
TerraFly - Virtually fly over field trip locations (Tip: Start at Phoenix, AZ, and fly north)

Relief Maps & Satellite Images

Arizona Color Shaded Relief Map
Arizona B&W Shaded Relief Map
Arizona Satellite Image
Utah Color Shaded Relief Map
Utah B&W Shaded Relief Map
Utah Satellite Image

General Web Sites

Arizona Geological Survey

Arizona Geology, by Stephen J. Reynolds

Ground Water Atlas of the United States; Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, HA 730-C, USGS

Utah Generalized Geological Map - Utah Geological Survey

Geologic Map of Utah

Utah Geological Association - links

General Literature

Baldridge, W.S., 2004, Geology of the American Southwest; A journey through two billion years of plate-tectonic history: Cambridge University Press, 280 p. [Geology 557.9 B139g]

Barth, A., and Brown, G.N., 2002, Contributions to Crustal Evolution of the Southwestern United States: Geological Society of America Special Paper 365. [Geology 550 G292s no.365]

Chronic, H., 1983, Roadside geology of Arizona: Missoula, MT, Mountain Press Pub. Co., 314 p. [Geology Reserve 557.91 C468R]

Chronic, H., 1990, Roadside geology of Utah: Missoula, MT, Mountain Press Pub. Co., 326 p. [Geology 557.92 C468R]

Dickinson, W.R., and Payne, W.D., eds., 1981, Relations of tectonics to ore deposits in the southern
Cordillera: Tucson, AZ, Arizona Geological Society, 288 p. [Geology 551.8 R27]

Fillmore, R., 2000, The geology of the parks, monuments, and wildlands of southern Utah :Salt Lake City, UT, University of Utah Press, 268 p. [Geology 557.925 F485g]

Frost, E.G., Okaya, D.A., McEvilly, T.V., Hauser, E.C., Galvan, G.S., McCarthy, J., Fuis, G.S., Conway, C.M., Blom, R.G., and Heidrick, T.L., 1988, Crustal transect; Colorado Plateau-detachment terrane-Salton Trough, in Davis, G.H. and VandenDolder, E.M., eds., Geologic diversity of Arizona and its margins; Excursions to choice areas: State of Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 5, p. 398-422. [Geology 557.91 G292]

Guidebook to the Geology of Utah (series): Salt Lake City, UT [Geology 557 UT1gu]

Hintze, L.F., 1988, Geologic history of Utah; A field guide to Utah's rocks; Brigham Young University Geology Studies Special Publication 7 (revised): Provo, UT, Brigham Young University, Dept. of Geology, 202 p. [Geology 557.92 H599G1988]

*Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., 1989, Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Digest, v. 17. [Geology Reserves 557.91G2922] [Rich in resources for this class]

*Menges, C.M., and Pearthree, P.A., 1989, Late Cenozoic tectonism in Arizona and its impact on regional landscape evolution, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Digest, v. 17, p. 649-680.

Nations, D., and Stump, E., 1981, Geology of Arizona: Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall/Hunt, 221 p. [Geology 557.91 N213g]

Penney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., eds., 1989, Geologic Evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest 17. [Geology557 Ar3ad v.17 (2 copies)]

*Reynolds, S.J., Richard, S.M. Haxel, G.B., Tosdal, R.M., and Laubach, S.E., 1988, Geologic setting of Mesozoic and Cenozoic metamorphism in Arizona, in Ernst, W.G., ed., Metamorphism and crustal evolution of the Western United States: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, p. 466-501. [Geology 551.8 M5642]

*Spencer, J.E., 1982, Origin of folds of Tertiary low-angle fault surfaces, southeastern California and western Arizona, in Frost, E.G., and Martin, D.L., eds., Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Colorado River region, California, Arizona, and Nevada: San Diego, CA, Cordilleran Publ., p.123-134. [Geology 551.70097913 F929M]

*Spencer, J.E., and Reynolds, S.J., 1986, Some aspects of the middle Tertiary tectonics of Arizona and southeastern California, in Beatty, B., and Wilkinson, P.A.K., eds., Frontiers in geology and ore deposits of Arizona and the Southwest: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 16, p.102-107. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 F928f]

Sprinkel, D.A., Chidsey, T.C., Jr., and Anderson, P.B., eds. 2000, Geology of Utah's parks and monuments; millennium field conference: Utah Geological AssociationPublication 28, 644 p. [Geology 557 Ut1up]

Stokes, W.L., 1986, Geology of Utah; Occasional Paper 6: Salt Lake City, Utah, Utah Museum of Natural History & Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, 280 p. [Geology 557.92 ST67G ]

*Wessels, R.L., and Karlstrom, K.E., 1991, Evaluation of the tectonic significance of the Proterozoic Slate Creek shear zone in the Tonto Basin area, in Karlstrom, K.E., ed., Proterozoic geology and ore deposits of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 19, p. 193-209. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 P946]

http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/library/teams/set/earthsci/arizgeol.html

Literature for Field Trip Stops

Part I Geology of the Colorado Plateau

Stratigraphy of the Colorado Plateau in Arizona (including Grand Canyon)

Search GeoRef. There are too many references to list here.

See also General Literature and the Geologic Maps of Arizona and Utah (on reserve in the Geology Library).

See Geologic Names Lexicon - USGS National Geologic Map Database

Baars, D.L., 1972, Red rock country; the geologic history of the Colorado Plateau: Doubleday/Nat. Hist. Press, 254 p.

Baars, D.L., 1983, The Colorado Plateau; A geologic history: Albuquerque, NM, Univsersity of New Mexico Press, 279 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.7 B11R1983]

Baars, D.L., 1988, Triassic and older stratigraphy; Southern Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau, in Sloss, L.L., ed., Sedimentary cover; North American Craton; U.S., in the collection The geology of North America, D-2: Denver, CO, Geological Society of America, p. 53-64. [Geology Q 557 G292]

Baars, D.L., 1995, Navajo Country; A geologic history of the Four Corners region: Albuquerque, NM, University of New Mexico, 255 p.. [Geology557.913 B111n]

Baars, D.L., 2000, The Colorado Plateau; A geologic history: Albuquerque, NM, Univsersity of New Mexico Press, 254 p. [Geology 551.7 B11r2000]

Barrs, D.L., 2002, A traveler's guide to the geology of the Colorado Plateau: Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press, 294 p. [Geology 557.913 B111t]

Beus, S.S., 1969, Devonian stratigraphy in northwestern Arizona: Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 127-133.

Beus, S.S., 1979, Carboniferous stratigraphy in the Grand Canyon country, northern Arizona and southern Nevada; Field trip no. 13, ninth International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology: AGI selected guide book series no. 2, 138 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology 917.9132045 B46C]

Beus, S.S., and Morales, M., 2003, Grand Canyon Geology, 2nd ed.: New York, Oxford University Press, 432 p. [Geology Reserves 557.9132 G7622003] [also, 1st ed., 1990: Geology 557.9132 G762]

Bissell, H.J., 1969, Permian and lower Triassic transition from the shelf to basin (Grand Canyon, Arizona to Spring Mountains, Nevada): Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 135-169.

Blakey, R.C., and Middleton, L.T., 1983, Field trip 7; Lower Mesozoic stratigraphy and depositional systems, southwest Colorado Plateau, in Gurgel, K.D., ed., Geologic excursions in stratigraphy and tectonics; from southeastern Idaho to the southern Inyo Mountains, California, via Canyonlands and Arches national parks, Utah; Guidebook, Part II: Special Studies - Utah Geological and Mineral Survey 60, p. 33-39.[Geology 557 UT22S]

Breed, W.J., 1969, The discovery of orthocone nautiloids in the Redwall Limestone - Marble Canyon, Arizona: Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 134.

Breed, W.J., and Roat, E., 1974 & 1976, Geology of the Grand Canyon: Flagstaff, AZ, Museum of Northern Arizona, 186 p. [Geology 557 Ar3g (2 copies)]

Brill, K.G. Jr., 1963, Permo-Pennsylvanian stratigraphy of western Colorado Plateau and eastern Great Basin regions: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 74, n. 3, p. 307-330. [Geology 550.6 GE]

Brown, J.W., 1969, Stratigraphy and petrology of the Kaibab Formation between Desert View and Cameron, northern Arizona: Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 170-173.

Elston, W.E., 1960, Structural development and Paleozoic stratigraphy of Black Mesa Basin, northeastern Arizona, and surrounding areas: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v.. 44, n. 1, p. 21-36. [Geology 553.2806 SO and online]

Ford, R.D., Breed, W.J., and Downie, C., 1969, Preliminary geologic report of the Chuar Group, Grand Canyon, Arizona: Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 114-122.

Frazier, W.J., and Schwimmer, D.R., 1987, Regional stratigraphy of North America: New York, Plenum Press. [557 F869r] (consult index in back for relevant pages).

Gerrard, T.A., 1969, Stratigraphy of the Fort Apache Member Supai Formation (Permian), East-Central Arizona: Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 174-180.

Hamblin, W.K., 1970, A summary of the stratigraphy of the western Grand Canyon region, in The western Grand Canyon district: Guidebook to the Geology of Utah 23: Salt Lake City, Utah Geological Society, p. 81-91. [not at UIUC]

Johnson, A.H., 1969, Stratigraphy and paleoenvironment of the Dinasaur Canyon Member of the Moenave Formation, southern Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona: Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 181-183.

Kelley, V.C., and Clinton, N.J., 1960, Fracture systems and tectonic elements of the Colorado Plateau: New Mexico University Publications in Geology 6, 104 p. [not at UIUC]

Lessentine, R.H., 1969, Kaiparowits and Black Mesa Basins; Stratigarphic synthesis: Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 91-113.

Look, A., 1955, 1,000 million years on the Colorado Plateau: Denver, CO, Golden Bell Publishing, 300 p. [Geology 560.9788 L87l1955]

Marshak, S., and Prothero, D.R., 2001, Earth; Portrait of a planet: New York, W.W. Norton, p. 645-665. [in student references; 03] [Geology 550 M354e]

McKee, E.D., 1945, Stratigraphy and ecology of the Grand Canyon Cambrian, Part 1 of Cambrian history of the Grand Canyon region: Washington, DC, Carnegie Institution, p. 3-168. [Geology 551.72 M14C]

McKee, E.D., 1969, Paleozoic rocks of Grand Canyon: Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 78-90.

McKee, E.D., Wilson, R.F., Breed, W.J., and Breed, C.S., 1967, Evolution of the Colorado River in Arizona; An hypothesis developed at the Symposium on Cenozoic Geology of the Colorado Plateau in Arizona, August 1964: Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin no. 44, Flagstaff, AZ, Museum of Northern Arizona, 67 p., plate. [in student references; 03] [Geology 557Ar3e; Main Q. 979.1 F59B]

Molenaar, C.M., 1969, Lexicon of stratigraphic names used in northern Arizona and southern Utah east of the Paleozoic hinge line (including metamorphic and igneous units in the Grand Canyon): Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 68-77.

Nielson, J.E., and Glazner, A.F., 1986, Miocene stratigraphy and structure; Colorado Plateau to the central Mojave Desert; Introduction and road log, in Cenozoic stratigraphy, structure and mineralization in the Mojave Desert; Guidebook and volume, trips 5 and 6: Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America, p. 1-6. [Geology 551.78 C332]

Nummedal, D., 1991, Sequence stratigraphy of late Mesozoic rocks of the Colorado Plateau: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 75, n. 3, p. 647. [Geology 553.2806 SO and online]

Penny, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., 1989, Geological evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 17. [in student references; 03] [Geology 557.91 G2922]

Peterson, F., 1988, Stratigraphy and nomenclature of Middle and Upper Jurassic rocks, western Colorado Plateau, Utah and Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1633A-C, p. 13-56. [Geology 557XB]

Peterson, F., and Turner-Peterson, C., 1989, Geology of the Colorado Plateau, in Sedimentation and basin analysis in siliciclastic rock sequences, v. 1, p. T130:1-65. [Geology 552.5 Se283 v.1]

Seeland, D.A., 1969, Marine current directions in upper Precambrian and Cambrian rocks of southwestern United States: Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 123-126.

Stokes, W.L. and Thompson, A.E., 1969, The San Rafael Group in the Lake Powell region: Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 184-189.

Laramide-style structures of the Colorado Plateau, including the East Kaibab Monocline (Continental platform tectonic styles)

Barrs, D.L., 2002, A traveler's guide to the geology of the Colorado Plateau: Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press, 294 p. (see p. 13-25) [Geology 557.913 B111t]

Bump, A.P., 2003, Reactivation, trishear modeling, and folded basement in Laramide uplifts: Implications for the origins of intra-continental faults: GSA Today, v. 13, n. 3, p. 4-11. [in student references; '03] [Geology Q 551.06 GSA; and online]

Chapin, C.E., and Cather, S.M., 1983, Eocene tectonics and sedimentation in the Colorado Plateau - Rocky Mountain area, in Lowell, J.D., and Gries, R., eds., Rocky Mountain Foreland basins and uplifts: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p. 33-56. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.4320978 R598]

Chase, C.G., Libarkin, J.A., and Sussman, A.J., 2002, Colorado Plateau: Geoid and means of isostatic support: International Geology Review, v. 44, n. 7, p. 575-587. [Geology 550.5 IN]

Davis, G.H., 1978, Monocline fold pattern of the Colorado Plateau: Geological Society of America Memoir 151, p. 215-233. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550 G292M]

Davis, G.H., 1999, Structural geology of the Colorado Plateau region of southern Utah: Geological Society of America Special Paper 342, 168 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550 G292s]

Erslev, E.A., and Rogers, J.L., 1993, Basement-cover geometry of Laramide fault-propagation folds: Geological Society of America Special Paper 280, p. 125-146. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550 G292s]

Gries, R., 1983, North-south compression of Rocky Mountain Foreland basins and uplifts, in Lowell, J.D., and Gries, R., eds., Rocky Mountain foreland basins and uplifts: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Field Conference, Denver, p. 9-32. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.4320978 R598]

Huntoon, P.W., 1993, Influence of inherited Precambrian basement structure on the localization and form of Laramide monoclines, Grand Canyon, Arizona: Geological Society of America Special Paper 280, p. 243-256. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550 G292s]

Krantz, R.W., 1989, Laramide structures of Arizona, in Penney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., eds., Geologic Evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest 17, p. 463-483 (also, see the references in this paper).. [Geology557 Ar3ad v.17 (2 copies)]

Reches, Z., and Johnson, A.M., 1978, Development of monoclines: Part II. Theoretical analysis of monoclines: Geological Society of America Memoir 151, p. 273-311. [in student references; '03] [Geology 550 G292M]

Tindall, S.E., and Davis, G.H., 1999, Monocline development by oblique-slip fault-propagation folding; The East Kaibab monocline, Colorado Plateau, Utah: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 21, p. 1303-1320. [in student references; '03] [Geology 551.805 JO or online]

Young, R.A., 2001, Geomorphic, structural, and stratigraphic evidence for Laramide Uplift of the southwestern Colorado Plateau margin in northwestern Arizona, in Erskine, M.C., Faulds, J.E., Bartley, J.M., and Rowley, P.D., eds., The geologic transition, high plateaus to Great Basin; A symposium and field guide; The Mackin volume:
Guidebook - Pacific Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 78 (Utah Geological Association publication 30), p. 227-237.

Formation of the Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau uplift

Baars, D.L., 2000, The Colorado Plateau; A geologic history: Albuguerque, NM, University of New Mexico Press, 254 p. [in student references; 03] [Geology 551.7 B11r2000]

Barrs, D.L., 2002, A traveler's guide to the geology of the Colorado Plateau: Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press, 294 p. [Geology 557.913 B111t]

Beus, S.S., and Morales, M., 2003, Grand Canyon geology, 2nd ed: New York: Oxford University Press (ch. 1, 6-12, 14 in 1st edition, 1990), 432 p. [in student bibliography] [Geology 557.9132 G7622003]

Breed, C.S., 1969, A century of conjecture on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon: Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 63-67.

Chase, C.G., Libarkin, J.A., and Sussman, A.J., 2002, Colorado Plateau: Geoid and means of isostatic support: International Geology Review, v. 44, n. 7, p. 575-587. [Geology 550.5 IN]

Cole, K.L., and Mayer, L., 1982, Use of packrat middens to determine rates of cliff retreat in the eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona: Geology (Boulder), v. 10, n. 11, p. 597-599.

Davis, G.H., 1978, Monocline fold pattern of the Colorado Plateau, in Matthews, III, V., ed., Laramide folding associated with basement block faulting in the western U.S.: Geological Society of America Memoir 151, p. 215-233. [in student bibliography] [Geology 550 G292M]

Elston, D.P., Billingsley, G.H., and Young, R.A., eds., 1989, Geology of Grand Canyon, northern Arizona (with Colorado River guides); Lees Ferry to Pierce Ferry, Arizona, in the collection Field trips for the 28th international geological congress: American Geophysical Union (chapters 13-15) [in student bibliography] [Geology 557.9132 G292]

Elston, D.P., and Young, R.A., 1991, Cretaceous-Eocene (Laramide) landscape development and Oligocene-Pliocene drainage reorganization of transition zone and Colorado Plateau, Arizona: Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, v. 96, n. 7, p. 12,389-12,406. [in student references; 03] [Grainger 538.05 TE]

Fleming, R.R., 1994, Cretaceous pollen in Pliocene rocks; Implications for Pliocene climate in the Southwestern United States: Geology, v. 22, n. 9, p. 787-790. [in student references; 03] [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

Frost, E.G., and Martin, D.L., 1982, Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Colorado River region, California, Arizona, and Nevada: San Diego, CA, Cordilleran Publishers, 608 p. [551.70097913F929m]

Harris, A.G.,Tuttle, E., and Tuttle, S.D., 1997, Geology of National Parks: Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co, 758 p. (specific pages?). [1977 ed. in student bibliography] [Geology Reserves 557 Xha1997]

Humphreys, E., Hessler, E., Dueker, K., Farmer, G.L., Erslev, E., and Atwater, T., 2003, How Laramide-age hydration of North American lithosphere by the Farallon slab controlled subsequent activity in the western United States: International Geology Review, v. 45, n. 7, p. 575-595. [Geology 550.5 IN]

Huntoon, P.W., 1990, Phanerozoic structural geology of the Grand Canyon, in Beus, S.S., and Morales, M., eds., Grand Canyon Geology: New York, Oxford University Press, p. 261-309. [in student references; 03] [Geology 557.9132 G762; also 2003, Geology 557.9132 G7622003]

Lucchitta, I., 1990, History of the Grand Canyon and of the Colorado River in Arizona, in Beus, S.S., and Morales, M., eds., Grand Canyon Geology: New York, Oxford University Press, p. 311-332. [in student references; 03] [Geology 557.9132 G762; also 2003, Geology 557.9132 G7622003]

McKee, E.D., Wilson, R.F., Breed, W.J., and Breed, C.S., 1967, Evolution of the Colorado River in Arizona; An hypothesis developed at the Symposium on Cenozoic Geology of the Colorado Plateau in Arizona, August 1964: Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin no. 44, Flagstaff, AZ, Museum of Northern Arizona, 67 p., plate. [in student references; 03] [Geology 557Ar3e; Main Q. 979.1 F59B]

Pederson, J., Karlstrom, K., Sharp, W., and McIntosh, W., 2002, Differential incision of the Grand Canyon related to Quaternary faulting; Constraints from U-series and Ar/ Ar dating: Geology, v. 30, n. , p. 311-332. [in student references; 03] [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

Pederson, J.L., Mackley, R.D., and Eddleman, J.L., 2002, Colorado Plateau uplift and erosion evaluated using GIS: GSA Today, v. 12, n. 8, p. 4-10. [in student references; 03] [Geology Q 551.06 GSA and online]

Penney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., eds., 1989, Geologic Evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest 17. [Geology557 Ar3ad v.17 (2 copies)]

Sahagian, D., Proussevitch, A., and Carlson, W., 2002, Timing of Colorado Plateau uplift; initial constraints from vesicular basalt-derived paleoelevations: Geology, v. 30, n. 9, p. 807-810. [in student references; 03] [Geology 550.5 GE00 and online]

Spencer, J.E., and Pearthree, P.A., 2005, Abrupt initiation of the Colorado River and initial incision of the Grand Canyon: Arizona Geology, v. 35, n. 4, p. 1-4. [Geology 622.05 ARIlc]

Young, R.A., Peirce, H.W., and Faulds, J.E., 1987, Geomorphology and structure of the Colorado Plateau/Basin and Range Transition Zone, Arizona, in Davis, G.H., and VandenDolder, E.M., eds., Geologic diversity of Arizona and its margins: Excursions to choice areas; Field-trip guidebook, 100th Annual Meeting, The Geological Society of America, Phoenix, Arizona, October 26-29, 1987: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 5, p. 182-196.

Young, R.A., 2001, Geomorphic, structural, and stratigraphic evidence for Laramide Uplift of the southwestern Colorado Plateau margin in northwestern Arizona, in Erskine, M.C., Faulds, J.E., Bartley, J.M., and Rowley, P.D., eds., The geologic transition, high plateaus to Great Basin; A symposium and field guide; The Mackin volume:
Guidebook - Pacific Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 78 (Utah Geological Association publication 30), p. 227-237.

Geophysics of the Colorado Plateau Uplift

References are too numerous to list. Try GeoRef with the following search:
((geophys* or seismic) and colorado plateau and arizona) not abstract*

Bird, P., 1988, Formation of the Rocky Mountains, Western United States; A continuum computer model: Science, v. 239, n. 4847, p. 1501-1507. [in student references] [Geology 505.5 SJ and online]

Houseman, G.A., and Molnar, P., 1997, Gravitational (Rayleigh-Taylor) instability of a layer with non-linear viscosity and convective thinning of continental lithosphere: Geophysical Journal International, v. 128, p. 125-150. [in student references] [Geology 551.05 GEOK1]

Humphreys, E., Hessler, E., Dueker, K., Farmer, G.L., Erslev, E., and Atwater, T., 2003, How Laramide-age hydration of North American lithosphere by the Farallon slab controlled subsequent activity in the western United States: International Geology Review, v. 45, n. 7, p. 575-595. [Geology 550.5 IN]

Kerr, R.A., 1997, Why the West stands tall: Science, v. 275, n. 5306, p. 1564-1565. [in student references] [Geology 505.5 SJ and online]

Morgan, P., and Swanberg, C.A., 1985, On the Cenozoic uplift and tectonic stability of the Colorado Plateau: Journal of Geodynamics, v. 3, p. 39-63. [in studentreferences] [Geology 551.05 JOUG]

Parsons, T., and McCarthy, J., 1995, The active southwest margin of the Colorado Plateau; Uplift of mantle origin. GSA Bulletin, v. 107, n. 2, p. 139-147. [in student references] [Geology 550.6 GE and online]

Parsons, T., and McCarthy, J., 1999, The active southwest margin of the Colorado Plateau; Uplift of mantle origin; Discussion and reply: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 111, n. 1, p. 154-157. [Geology 550.6 GE and online]

Spencer, J.E., 1996, Uplift of the Colorado Plateau due to lithosphere attenuation during Laramide low-angle subduction: Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, v. 101, n. B6, p. 13,595-13,609. [in student references] [Engineering 538.05 TE (ENX) ]

Sumner, J.S., 1989, Regional geophysics of Arizona, in Penney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., eds., Geologic Evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest 17, p. 717-739. [Geology557 Ar3ad v.17 (2 copies)]

Thompson, G.A., and Zoback, M.L., 1979, Regional geophysics of the Colorado Plateau: Tectonophysics, v. 61, n. 1-3, p. 149-181. [in student references] [Geology 551.805 TE]

Other

Evolution of the Colorado River

House, P.K., Pearthree, P.A., Howard, K.A., Bell, J.W., Perkins, M.E., Faulds, J.E., and Brock, A.L., 2005, Birth of the lower Colorado River - Stratigraphic and geomorphic evidence for its inception near the conjunction of Nevada, Arizona, and California: Geological Society of America Field Guide 6, p. 357-387. [Geology 557.3 F455 no. 6]

Mesozoic Lakes of the Colorado Plateau

Demko, T.M., Nicoll, K., Beer, J.J., Hasiotis, S.T., and Park, L.E., 2005, Mesozoic Lakes of the Colorado Plateau: Geological Society of America Field Guide 6, p. 329-356. [Geology 557.3 F455 no. 6]

Part II Geology of the Grand Canyon

Web Resources

Park Geology: Tour of Colorado Plateau Geology - National Park Service

A Bibliography of the Grand Canyon and the Lower Colorado River - Searchable

Grand Canyon Quadrangle - Topozone

Grand Canon...trail - Topozone

General Literature

Abbott, L., and Cook, T., 2004, Hiking the Grand Canyon's Geology: The Mountaineers Books. [on order]

*Baars, D.C., 1983, The Colorado Plateau: A geologic history: Albuquerque, NM, Univ. N.M. Press, 279 p. [Geology 551.7 B11R1983; also 2000 revised & updated edition Geology 551.7 B11r2000]

Barrs, D.L., 2002, A traveler's guide to the geology of the Colorado Plateau: Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press, 294 p. [Geology 557.913 B111t]

Beus, S.S., and Morales, M., 2003, Grand Canyon Geology, 2nd ed.: New York, Oxford University Press, 432 p. [Geology Reserves 557.9132 G7622003] [also, 1st ed., 1990: Geology 557.9132 G762]

*Billingsley, G.H., Hendricks, J.D., and Lucchitta, I., 1988, Field guide to the lower Grand Canyon, from Peach Springs to Pierce Ferry, Arizona, in Davis, G.H., and VandenDolder, E.M., eds., Geologic diversity of Arizona and its margins; Excursions to choice areas: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper. 5, p. 20-38. [Geology 557.91 G292]

Breed, W.J., and Roat, E.C., eds., 1974, Geology of the Grand Canyon: Flagstaff, AZ, Museum of Northern Arizona, 185 p. [557Ar3g]

*The Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona (topographic trail map in packet with Breed et al)

Chase, C.G., Libarkin, J.A., and Sussman, A.J., 2002, Colorado Plateau: Geoid and means of isostatic support: International Geology Review, v. 44, n. 7, p. 575-587. [Geology 550.5 IN]

*Chronic, Halka, 1983, Scenic wonderland-The Colorado Plateau, in Chronic, H., Roadside geology of Arizona: Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co., p.176-189. [Geology 557.91 C468R (2 copies)]

Erskine, M.C., Faulds, J.E., Bartley, J.M., and Rowley, P.D., eds., 2001, The geologic transition, high plateaus to Great Basin - A symposium and field guide; The Mackin volume: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, Publication GB 78/Utah Geological Association Publication 30, 429 p. [Geology 553.282 Am3g v.78] [Note: Although the emphasis is on Utah, there is a substantial amount of relevant general information].

Four Corners Geological Society, 1969, Geology and natural history of the Grand Canyon region: Fifth Field Conference; Powell Centennial River Expedition. [Geology 557 F82f 1969]

Frost, E.G., and Martin, D.L., 1982, Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Colorado River region, California, Arizona, and Nevada: San Diego, CA, Cordilleran Publishers, 608 p. [551.70097913F929m]

Harris, D.V., and Kiver, E.P., 1985, Colorado Plateau Province, in Harris, D.V., and Kiver, E.P., The Geologic Story of the National Parks and Monuments, 4th ed., p. 232-288. [Geology Reserves 557xhar1985]

Kiver, E.P., and Harris, D.V., 1999, Colorado Plateaus Province, in Kiver, E.P., and Harris, D.V., Geology of U.S. Parklands, 5th ed.: New York, John Wiley & Sons, p. 365-541. [Geology Reserves 557xhar1999]

Lucchitta, I., 1989, History of the Grand Canyon and of the Colorado River in Arizona, in Penney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., eds., 1989, Geologic Evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest 17, p. 1701-715. [Geology557 Ar3ad v.17 (2 copies)]

Molenaar, C.M., 1969, Tectonic map of N.W. Arizona - S.W. Utah: Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 7.

*Peirce, H. Wesley, and Nations, J. Dale, 1986, Tectonic and paleogeographic significance of Tertiary rocks of the southern Colorado Plateau and transitional zone, in Nations, J.D., Conway, C.M., and Swann, G.A., eds., Geology of central and northern Arizona: Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Guidebook, p.111-124. [Geology 557.915 G292]

Ransome, F.L., 1908, Pre-Cambrian sediments and faults in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado: Science, New Series, V. 27, n. 695, p. 667-669. [Online]

Shelton, J.S., Crowell, J.C., and Davis, G.A., 1979, Guidebook for roundtrip flight to Colorado Plateau: San Diego, CA, San Diego State University, 96 p. (includes Hurricane Fault). [557.913G941]

Paleontology

Alf, R.M., 1959, Possible fossils from the early Proterozoic Bass Formation, Grand Canyon, Arizona: Plateau, v. 31, n. 3, p. 60-63. [missing from UIUC]

Anonymous, 1930, Disclosures of ancient life in the Grand Canyon: Carnegie Inst. Washington News Serv. Bull., v. 2, n. 9, p. 63-70. [Main Stx 051 CA1]

Bassler, R.S., 1941, A supposed jellyfish from the pre-Cambrian of the Grand Canyon [Arizona]: Proceedings of the United States National Museum, v. 89, n. 3104, p. 519-522. [Main Stx 506 Un3]

Beus, S.S., and Rawson, R.R., 1979, Carboniferous stratigraphy in the Grand Canyon country northern Arizona and southern Nevada: The American Geological Institute Selected Guidebook Series No. 2, 138 p. [in student bibliography] [Geology 917.9132045 B46C]

Bloeser, B., 1980, Structurally complex microfossils from shales of the late Precambrian Kwagunt Formation (Walcott Member, Chuar Group) of the eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona: Master’s thesis. Los Angeles, CA, University of California. [not at UIUC]

Bloeser, B., 1985, Melanocyrillium, a new genus of structurally complex late Proterozoic microfossils from the Kwagunt Formation (Chuar Group), Grand Canyon, Arizona: Journal of Paleontology, v. 59, n. 3, p. 741-765. [Geology 560.5 JO]

Boardman, R.S., Cheetham, A.H., and Rowell, A.J., 1987, Fossil invertebrates: Palo Alto, CA, Blackwell Scientific Publications: 713 p. [in student bibliography] [Geology Q 562 F798]

Brand, L., 1979, Field and laboratory studies on the Coconino Sandstone (Permian) vertebrate footprints and their paleoecological implications:
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 28, n. 1-2, p. 25-38. [online]

Breed, W.J., 1969, The discovery of orthocone nautiloids in the Redwall Limestone, Marble Canyon, Arizona, in Baars, D.L., ed., Geology and natural history of the Grand Canyon region: Durango, CO, Four Corners Geological Society, p. 134. [Geology 557 F82f vol. 5]

Breed, W.J., and Babcock, R. S., 1975, Geology of the Grand Canyon: Flagstaff, AZ, Northland Press, 185 p. [in student references (similar)] [?]

Breed, W.J., and Foster, B.T., 1974, Paleozoic Fossils of Grand Canyon, in Breed, W.J., and Roat, E.C., eds., Geology of the Grand Canyon: Flagstaff, AZ, Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 65-75. [Geology 557 Ar3g]

Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1938, Rarity of pre-Cambric fossils: Pan-American Geologist, v. 70, n. 3, p. 228-229. [Geology Closed Stacks 550.5 AG]

Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1938, Extremely old fossil [pre-Cambrian jellyfish in Grand Canyon]: Pan-American Geologist, v. 70, n. 2, p. 151-152. [Geology Closed Stacks 550.5 AG]

Carpenter, F.M., 1927, A fossil insect from the lower Permian of the Grand Canyon: Proceedings of the United States National Museum 71, p. [Biology and Main Stx 506 SM6M]

Clark, F.E., O’Deen, W.A., and Belau, D.E., 1974, Carbon, nitrogen and (super 15) N content of fossil and modern dung from the lower Grand Canyon: Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science, v. 9, n. 3, p. 95-96. [Main Stx Q. 505 ARI]

Cole, C.J., and Van Devender, T.R., 1976, Surface structure of fossil and Recent epidermal scales from North American lizards of the genus Sceloporus (Reptilia, Iguanidae): Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 156, Article 4, 451-514. [Biology 507 Am3b]

Cole, K., and Mead, J.I., 1981, Late Quaternary animal remains from packrat middens in the eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona: Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, v. 16, n. 1, p. 24-25. [issue not at UIUC]

Cole, K.L., and Mayer, L., 1982, Use of packrat middens to determine rates of cliff retreat in the eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona: Geology (Boulder), v. 10, n. 11, p. 597-599. [Geology 550.5 GE00]

David, L.R., 1944, A Permian shark from the Grand Canyon [Arizona]: Journal of Paleontology, v. 18, n. 1, p. 90-93. [Geology 560.5 JO]

DeCourten, F.L., 1978, Scolecocoprus cameronensis Brady (1947) from the Kaibab Limestone of northern Arizona; A re-interpretation: Journal of Paleontology, v. 52, n. 2, p. [Geology 560.5 JO]

De Saussure, R.E., 1956, Remains of the California Condor in Arizona caves: Plateau, v. 29, n. 2, p. 44-45. [volume missing from UIUC]

Downie, C., 1969, Palynology of the Chuaria shales of the Grand Canyon, in Baars, D.L., ed., Geology and natural history of the Grand Canyon region: Durango, CO, Four Corners Geological Society, p. 121-122. [Geology 557 F82f vol. 5]

Elliott, D.K., and Martin, D.L., 1987, A new trace fossil from the Cambrian Bright Angel Shale, Grand Canyon, Arizona: Journal of Paleontology, v. 61, n. 4, p. 641-648. [Geology 560.5 JO]

Elston, D.P., Young, R.A., McKee, E.H., and Dennis, M.L., 1989, Paleontology, clast ages, and paleomagnetism of upper Paleocene and Eocene gravel and limestone deposits, Colorado Plateau and transition zone, northern and central Arizona, in Elston, D.P., Billingsley, G.H., and Young, R.A., Geology of Grand Canyon, northern Arizona (with Colorado River guides); Lees Ferry to Pierce Ferry, Arizona, in the collection Field trips for the 28th international geological congress, p. 155-165. [Geology 557.9132 G292]

Elston, D.P., and Bressler, S.L., 1978, Paleozoic biostratigraphy and paleontology along the Mogollon Rim, Arizona; Part II, Stratigraphic and paleomagnetic relations between basal Cambrian and Devonian strata in central Arizona, in Burt, D.M., and Pewe, T.L., eds., Guidebook to the geology of central Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 2, p. 138-143. [Geology 557 AR3GU]

Emslie, S.D., 1988, Vertebrate paleontology and taphonomy of caves in Grand Canyon, Arizona: National Geographic Research, v. 4, n. 1, p. 128-142. [Maps & Geography 505 NATG]

Emslie, S.D., 1987, Age and diet of fossil California condors in Grand Canyon, Arizona: Science, v. 237, n. 4816, p. 768-770. [Online]

Emslie, S.D., 1986, Determining the role of biotic influences on fossil deposits in caves: Proceedings of the North American Paleontological Convention 4, p. A14. [not at UIUC]

Euler, R.C., 1978, Archeological and paleobiological studies at Stanton's Cave, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona; A report of progress: Research Reports of the National Geographic Society 10; 1969 Projects, p. 141-162. [Main Stx 570 N18R vol. 10]

Ford, T.D., and Breed, W. J., 1974, The younger Precambrian fossils of the Grand Canyon, in Breed, W.J., and Roat, E., Geology of the Grand Canyon: Flagstaff, AZ, Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 34-40. [Geology 557 Ar3g]

Ford, T.D., and Breed, W.J., 1975, Chuaria circularis Walcott and other Precambrian fossils from the Grand Canyon: Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India, v. 20, p. 170-177. [Geology 560.5 PALS vol. 20]

Gilmore, C.W., 1926, Fossil footprints from the Grand Canyon: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 37, n. 1, p. 240-241. [Geology 550.6 GE]

Gilmore, C.W., 1927, Fossil footprints from the Grand Canyon; Second contribution: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, v. 80, n. 3. [Biology and Main Stx 506 SM6M]

Gilmore, C.W., 1927, Fossil footprints from the Grand Canyon: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, v. 77, n. 9. [Biology and Main Stx 506 SM6M]

Gilmore, C.W., 1927, Footprints of unknown vertebrate animals in the Carboniferous and Permian of the Grand Canyon: Fort Hays Studies, New Series, Science Series, v. 65, p. 479-480. [?]

Gilmore, C.W., 1928, Fossil footprints in the Grand Canyon: Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, v. 7, n. 10, p. 272.
Gilmore, C.W., 1928, Fossil footprints from the Grand Canyon; Third contribution: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, v. 80, n. 8. [Biology and Main Stx 506 SM6M]

Gilmore, C.W., and Sturdevant, G.E., 1928, Discovery of fossil tracks on the north rim of the Grand Canyon: Fort Hays Studies, New Series, Science Series 67, p. 216. [?]

Glaessner, M.F., 1969, Trace fossils from the Precambrian and basal Cambrian: Lethaia, v. 2, n. 4, p. 369-393. [Geology 560.5 LE]

Hansen, R.M., 1978, Shasta ground sloth food habits, Rampart Cave, Arizona: Paleobiology, v. 4, n. 3, p. 302-319. [online]

Harington, C.R., 1984, Ungulate remains from Stanton's Cave; An identification list, in Euler, R.C., ed., The archaeology, geology, and paleobiology of Stanton's Cave, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona: Grand Canyon Natural History Association monographs 6, p. 67-75. [Geology 930.10979132 AR22]

Hinds, N.E.A., 1938, An Algonkian jellyfish from the Grand Canyon of the Colorado: Science, v. 88, n. 2278, p. 186-187. [online]

Hinds, N.E.A., 1938, An Early chapter of earth history: Carnegie Inst. Washington News Service Bull. School ed. 4, v. 23, p. 195-200. [? Main Stx 051 CAI]

Horodyski, R.J., 1993, Paleontology of Proterozoic shales and mudstones; Examples from the Belt Supergroup, Chuar Group and Pahrump Group, Western USA, in Nagy, B., Leventhal, J.S., and Grauch, R.I., Metalliferous black shales and related ore deposits: Precambrian Research, v. 61, n. 3-4, p. 241-278. [online]

Hunt, A.P., and Santucci, V.L., 2001, An unusual tetrapod track morphology from the Permian Coconino Sandstone, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, in Santucci, V.L., and McClelland, L., eds., Proceedings of the 6th fossil resource conference; 2001 a fossil odyssey: National Park Service, Geological Resource Division, Technical Report NRS/NRGRD/GRDTR-01/01, p. 44-47. [Main Stx Gov Docs Govt Documents Microforms MFICHEDOC. I 29.109:NRGRD/GRDTR-01/01; similar online]

Keppel, D., 1934, A study of the (Permian) bryozoan collection from the museum of the National Park Service at Grand Canyon, Arizona: Master’s thesis. New York, NY, Columbia University, Teachers College. [not at UIUC]

Kirkland, P.L., 1963, Permian stratigraphy and stratigraphic paleontology of a part of the Colorado Plateau: Shelf carbonates of the Paradox basin, a symposium--Four Corners Geol. Soc., 4th Field Conf., 1963, p. 80-100. [Geology 557 F82f]

Lane, A.A., Braddy, S.J., Briggs, D.E.G., and Elliott, D.K., 2003, A new trace fossil from the Middle Cambrian of the Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA: Palaeontology, v. 46, Part 5, p. 987-998. [online]

Lane, A., 2000, The fossil trackways and walking techniques of Burgess Shale arthropods: Geoscientist, v. 10, n. 12, p. 6-7. [Geology 554.105 GE]

Lewin, R., 1986, Briefing; Mountain goat horn; A clue to extinction?: Science, v. 232, n. 4749, p. 450. [online]

Long, A., Hansen, R.M., and Martin, P.S., 1974, Extinction of the Shasta Ground Sloth: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 85, n. 12, p. 1843-1848. [Geology 550.6 GE]

Lull, R.S., 1918, Fossil footprints from the Grand Canyon of the Colorado: American Journal of Science, series 4, v. 45, p. 337-346.

Martin, P.S., Sabels, B.E., and Shutler, D., Jr., 1961, Rampart Cave coprolite and ecology of the shasta ground sloth: American Journal of Science, v. 259, n. 2, p. 102-107. [Geology 505 AJ]

McKee, E.D., 1945, Stratigraphy and ecology of the Grand Canyon Cambrian, Part 1 of Cambrian history of the Grand Canyon region: Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, p. 3-168. [Geology 551.72 M14C]

McKee, E.D., 1944, Tracks that go uphill in Coconino sandstone, Grand Canyon, Arizona: Plateau, v. 16, n. 4, p. 61-72. [Main Stx 917.9105 PL]

McKee, E.D., 1932, Some Fucoides from Grand Canyon: Grand Canyon Nature Notes, v. 7, n. 8, p. 77-81. [Main Stx 570.5 GR]

McKee, E.D., 1982 (?), The Supai Group of Grand Canyon: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1173. [Geology 557 xp]

McKinney, F.K., 1983, Ectoprocta (Bryozoa) from the Permian Kaibab Formation, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona: Fieldiana; Geology (New Series)13, p. 1341. [Geology 550.5 FIN.S.]

Mead, J.I., 1981, The last 30,000 years of faunal history within the Grand Canyon, Arizona: Quaternary Research, v. 15, n. 3, p. 311-326. [Geology 551.7905 QU]

Mead, J.I., and Lawler, M.C., 1995, Skull, mandible, and metapodials of the extinct Harrington's mountain goat (Oreamnos harringtoni): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 14, n. 4, p. 562-576. [Geology 566.05 JO]

Mead, J.I., Martin, P.S., Euler, R.C., Long, A., Jull, A.J.T., Toolin, L.J., Donahue, D.J., and Linick, T.W., 1986, Extinction of Harrington's mountain goat: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 83, n. 4, p. 836-839. [Biology Q. 506 NAA]

Mead, J.I., and Phillips, A.M. III, 1981, The late Pleistocene and Holocene fauna and flora of Vulture Cave, Grand Canyon, Arizona: The Southwestern Naturalist, v. 26, n. 3, p. 257-288. [Biology 570.5 SON]

Miller, H.W. Jr., 1960, The paleontological literature of Arizona--A review: Arizona Geological Society Digest 3, p. 63-70. [Geology 557 Ar3ad]

Peabody, F.E., 1956, Gilmore's split-toed footprint from the Grand Canyon Hermit shale formation [Arizona: Plateau, v. 29, n. 2, p. 41-43. [volume not at UIUC]

Phillips, A.M. III, and Van Devender, T.R., 1974, Pleistocene packrat middens from the lower Grand Canyon of Arizona: Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science, v. 9, n. 3, p. 117-119. [Main Stx Q. 505 ARI]

Phillips, A.M. III, 1984, Shasta ground sloth extinction; Fossil packrat midden evidence from the western Grand Canyon, in Martin, P.S., and Klein, R.G., eds., Quaternary extinctions; A prehistoric revolution: Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona Press, p. 148-158. [Geology 560.178 Q28]

Porter, S.M., and Knoll, A.H., 2000, Testate amoebae in the Neoproterozoic Era; Evidence from vase-shaped microfossils in the Chuar Group, Grand Canyon: Paleobiology, v. 26, n. 3, p. 360-385. [online]

Porter, S.M., Meisterfeld, R., and Knoll, A.H., 2003, Vase-shaped microfossils from the Neoproterozoic Chuar Group, Grand Canyon; A classification guided by modern testate amoebae: Journal of Paleontology, v. 77, n. 3, p. 409-429. [Geology 560.5 JO]

Resser, C.E., 1946, Cambrian fossils of the Grand Canyon, Part 2 of Cambrian history of the Grand Canyon: Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, v. 52, n. 12, Part 2, p. 169-220. [Geology 551.72 M14C]

Ribokas, B., 1996, Grand Canyon rock layers: <http://www.kaibab.org/geology/gc_layer.htm> [in student bibliography]

Sando, W.J., 1964, Stratigraphic importance of corals in the Redwall Limestone, northern Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 0501-C, p. C39-C42. [Geology 557 xp]

Schenk, E.T., 1937, Gravigrade edentates in lower Grand Canyon, Arizona: Proceedings of the Geological Society of America, 4. 50, p. 399. [Geology 550.6 GEOL]

Simmons, G.C., and Gaskill, D.L., 1969, Marble Gorge and Grand Canyon, in the collection River runners' guide to the canyons of the Green and Colorado Rivers, v. 3: Flagstaff, AZ, Northland Press, 132 p. [in student bibliography] [Geology 917.9250433 R524]

Skipp, B.A.L., 1963, Zonation of calcareous Foraminifera in the Redwall Limestone (Mississippian), Arizona: Geological Society of America Special Paper 73, p. 245-246. [Geology 550 G292s]

Spamer, E.E., 1982, The fossil insects of the Grand Canyon: Delaware Valley Paleontological Society Newsletter, v. 4, n. 8, p. 5-6. [not at UIUC]

Spamer, E.E., 1984, Paleontology in the Grand Canyon of Arizona; 125 years of lessons and enigmas from the late Precambrian to the present: The Mosasaur, v. 2, p. 45-128. [Geology 560.5 MO]

Spamer, E. E., 1989, Paleontology in the Grand Canyon of Arizona; 125 years of lessons and enigmas from the late Precambrian to the present: Philadelphia, PA, Delaware Valley Paleontological Society, p. 45-128 (reprint from The Mosasaur, v.2, 1984. [Geology 551.7009791 SP21P]

Spamer, E.E., 1993, Late Pleistocene(?) land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in "red earth" deposits of the Grand Canyon, Arizona: The Mosasaur, v. 5, p. 47-58. [not at UIUC]

Spamer, E.E., 1983, Geology of the Grand Canyon; An annotated bibliography, 1857-1982 with an annotated catalogue of Grand Canyon type fossils: Geological Society of America Microfilm publication 13. [?]

Spamer, E.E., and Bogan, A.E., 1993, Mollusca of the Grand Canyon and vicinity, Arizona; New and revised data on diversity and distributions, with notes on Pleistocene-Holocene mollusks of the Grand Canyon: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 144, p. 21-68. [Biology 506 AD]

Tidwell, W.D., Jennings, J.R., and Beus, S.S., 1992, A Carboniferous flora from the Surprise Canyon Formation in the Grand Canyon, Arizona: Journal of Paleontology, v. 66, n. 6, p. 1013-1021. [Geology 560.5 JO]

Van Devender, T.R., Phillips, A.M. III, and Mead, J.I., 1977, Late Pleistocene reptiles and small mammals from the lower Grand Canyon of Arizona: The Southwestern Naturalist, v. 22, n. 1, p. 49-66. [Biology 570.5 SON]

Van Gundy, C.E., 1937, Jellyfish from Grand Canyon Algonkian: Science, v. 85, n. 2204, p. 314. [online]

Van Gundy, C.E., 1951, Nankoweap Group of the Grand Canyon Algonkian of Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 62, n. 8, p. 953-959. [Geology 550.6 GE]

White, C.D., 1928, Algal deposits of Unkar Proterozoic age in the Grand Canyon, Arizona: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 14, n. 7, p. 597-600. [Biology Q. 506 NAA]

White, C.D., 1928, Study of the fossil floras in the Grand Canyon, Arizona: Carnegie Institution of Washington Year Book 26, p. 366-369. [Main Stx 061 CA]

White, C.D., 1928, The flora of the Hermit shale in the Grand Canyon, Arizona: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 13, n. 8, p. 574-575. [Biology Q. 506 NAA]

White, C.D., 1934, The National Academy of Science. III; The seeds of Supaia, a Permian pteridosperm: Science, v. 79, n. 2055, p. 462. [online]

White, C.D., 1928, Study of the fossil floras in the Grand Canyon, Arizona: Carnegie Institution of Washington Year Book, p. 392-393. [Main Stx 061 CA]

White, C.D., 1929, Flora of the Hermit shale, Grand Canyon, Arizona: Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 405. [Geology 560.9791 W58F]

Whitney, S.R., 1996, A field guide to the Grand Canyon, 2nd ed.: Seattle, WA, Mountaineers, p. 269 [older edition in student bibliography] [Geology 917.913204 W616F1996]

Winters, S.S., 1963, Supai Formation (Permian) of eastern Arizona: Geological Society of America Memoir 89, 99 p. [Geology 550 G292M]

Geology of the Grand Canyon, Hurricane fault

*Anderson, R.E., and Mehnert, H.H., 1979, Reinterpretation of the history of the Hurricane Fault in Utah, in Newman, G.W., and Goode, H.D., eds., Basin and Range symposium and Great Basin field conference: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p. 145-165. [Geology 557.9 B292B]

Barrs, D.L., 2002, A traveler's guide to the geology of the Colorado Plateau: Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press, 294 p. [Geology 557.913 B111t]

*Beus, S.S., and Lucchitta, I., 1988, Field-trip guide for Marble Canyon and eastern Grand Canyon, in Davis, G.H., and VandenDolder, E.M., eds., Geologic diversity of Arizona and its margins; Excursions to choice areas: State of Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 5, p. 3-19. [Geology 557.91 G292]

Billingsley, G.H., Hendricks, J.D., and Lucchitta, I., 1988, Field guide to the lower Grand Canyon, from Peach Springs to Pierce Ferry, Arizona, in Davis, G.H., and VAndenDolder, E.M., eds., Geologic diversity of Arizona and its margins; Excursions to choice areas: State of Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 5, p. 20-38.

*Breed, W.J., Stefanic, V., and Billingsley, G.H., date unknown, Geologic guide to the Bright Angel Trail; Grand Canyon, Arizona: Tulsa, OK, American Association of Petroleum Geologists. [in field trip files]

Beus, S.S., and Morales, M., eds., 1990, Grand Canyon Geology: New York, Oxford University Press, 518 p. [557.9132 G762]

Blakey, R.C., and Middleton, L.T., 1998, Field guide to Permian rocks of Grand Canyon and Sedona areas, north-central Arizona, in Duebendorfer, E.M., ed., Geologic Excursions in northern and central Arizona; Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain section meeting: Flagstaff, AZ, Northern Arizona University, p. 97-125. [557.91 G2923]

Elston, D.P., Billingsley, G.H., and Young, R.A., 1989, Geology of Grand Canyon, northern Arizona (with Colorado River Guides), prepared for the International Geological Congress field trips: Washington, DC, American Geophysical Union, 238 p. [Geology 557.9132 G292]

Fenton, C.R., Cerling, T.E., Webb, R.H., Pearthree, P.A., and Poreda, R.J., 2000, New offset rates on the Toroweap and Hurricane faults in western Grand Canyon, Arizona; implications for Quaternary downcutting of the Colorado River: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, n. 7, p. 41. [Abstract only]

Fenton, C.R., Webb, R.H., Pearthree, P.A., Cerling, T.E., and Poreda, R.J., 2001, Displacement rates on the Toroweap and Hurricane faults; implications for Quaternary downcutting in the Grand Canyon, Arizona:
Geology, v. 29, n. 11, p. 1035-1038.

Four Corners Geological Society, 1969, Geology and natural history of the Grand Canyon region; Fifth field conference, Powell centennial river expedition, 1969; Four Corners Geological Society guidebook, v. 5: Durango, Four Corners Geological Society, 212 p., maps. [Geology 557 F82F]

*Geologic Map of the Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona (geologic map in packet with Breed et al)

Gordon, A.J. 2000, Geologic guide to Grand Canyon National Park: Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 76 p. [557.9132 G653g, 2 copies]

Harris, A.G., Tuttle, E., and Tuttle, S.D., 1997, Grand Canyon National Park, in Harris, A.G., Tuttle, E., and Tuttle, S.D., Geology of the Parks, 5th ed.: Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., p. 6-27. [Geology Reserves 557xha1997]

Hayden, J.M., 2004, Geologic map of the Divide Quadrangle, Washington County, Utah: Salt Lake City, UT, Utah Geological Survey, 32 pages.

Humphreys, E., Hessler, E., Dueker, K., Farmer, G.L., Erslev, E., and Atwater, T., 2003, How Laramide-age hydration of North American lithosphere by the Farallon slab controlled subsequent activity in the western United States: International Geology Review, v. 45, n. 7, p. 575-595. [Geology 550.5 IN]

Huntoon, P.W., 1977, Holocene faulting in the western Grand Canyon, Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 88, n. 11, p. 1619-1622.

Huntoon, P.W., and Billingsley, G.H. Jr., 1981, Geologic map of the Hurricane fault zone and vicinity, western Grand Canyon, Arizona: Grand Canyon, AZ, Grand Canyon Nat. Hist. Assoc., 1 sheet.

Lessentine, R.H., 1965, Kaiparowits and Black Mesa Basins; Stratigraphic synthesis: AAPG Bulletin, v. 49, n. 11, p. 1997-2019.

Lucchitta, I., 1989, History of the Grand Canyon and of the Colorado River in Arizona, in Jenney, J.P. and Reynolds, S.J., eds., Geologic Evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 17, p.701-715. [Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 G2922]

*Lucchitta, I., 1989, Sedimentation and tectonics in western North America; Volume 3, Overflight of the tectonic boundary between the Colorado Plateau and the Basin Range Provinces, in the collection Field trips for the 28th International Geological Congress, 21 p. [Geology 557.8 SE28]

*Lucchita, I., and Young, R.A., 1986, Structure and geomorphic character of the western Colorado Plateau in the Grand Canyon-Lake Mead region, in Nations, J.D., Conway, C.M., and Swann, G.A., eds., Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, p. 159-176. [557.915 G292]

Lund, W.R., Taylor, W.J., Pearthree, P.A., Stenner, H., Amoroso, L, and Hurlow, H., 2002, Structural development and paleoseismicity of the Hurricane Fault, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 02-172, p. 2-84. [online]

McKee, E.D., Wilson, R.F., Breed, W.J., and Breed, C.S., 1967, Evolution of the Colorado River in Arizona; An hypothesis developed at the Symposium on Cenozoic Geology of the Colorado Plateau in Arizona, August 1964: Flagstaff, AZ, Museum of Northern Arizona, 67 p., plate. [557Ar3e]

Raucci, J.J., and Umhoefer, P.J., 2002, Structural analysis and late Cenozoic evolution of the Hurricane Fault, lower Whitmore Wash, western Grand Canyon: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Progams, v. 34, n. 4, p. 61. [Abstract only]

Schiefelbein, I., and Taylor, W.J., 2000, Fault development in the Utah transition zone and High Plateaus subprovince: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, n. 7, p. 431. [Abstract only]

Shelton, J.S., Crowell, J.C., and Davis, G.A., 1979, Guidebook for roundtrip flight to Colorado Plateau: San Diego, CA, San Diego State University, 96 p. (includes Hurricane Fault). [557.913G941]

Shoemaker, E.M., Squires, R.L., and Abrams, M.J., 1974, The Bright Angel and Mesa Butte fault systems of northern Arizona, in Geology of northern Arizona for the Geological Society of America, Rocky Mt. Section Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, pt. I, p. 355-391.

*Spamer, E.E., 1989, The development of geological studies in the Grand Canyon: Tryonia No. 17. [Geology 557.913 SP21D (2 copies)]

Stenner, H.D., Lund, W.R., Pearthree, P.A., and Everitt, B.L., 1998, Quaternary history and rupture characteristics of the Hurricane Fault, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, n. 6, p. 37-38. [Abstract only]

*Stewart, M.E., and Taylor, W.J., 1996, Structural analysis and fault segment boundary identification along the Hurricane fault in southwestern Utah: Journal of Structural Geology, v.18, p.1017-1029. [Geology 551.805 JO and online]

Thayer, D., 1986, A guide to Grand Canyon geology along Bright Angel Trail: Grand Canyon Natural History Association, 66 p. [557.9132 T335g]

Young, R.A., 1989, Paleogene-Neogene deposits of western Grand Canyon, Arizona, in Elston, D.P., Billingsley, G.H., and Young, R.A., eds., Geology of Grand Canyon, northern Arizona (with Colorado River guides); Lees Ferry to Pierce Ferry, Arizona, in the collection, Hanshaw, P.M., ed., Field trips for the 28th International Geological Congress: Washington, DC, American Geophysical Union, p. 166-173.

Young, R.A., 2001, Geomorphic, structural, and stratigraphic evidence for Laramide Uplift of the southwestern Colorado Plateau margin in northwestern Arizona, in Erskine, M.C., Faulds, J.E., Bartley, J.M., and Rowley, P.D., eds., The geologic transition, high plateaus to Great Basin; A symposium and field guide; The Mackin volume:
Guidebook - Pacific Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 78 (Utah Geological Association publication 30), p. 227-237.

History of Exploration of the Grand Canyon (Powell, Walcott, Marcou, Newberry, Gilbert, Dutton, and early mining)

Alexander, N., 1977, Ives and Newberry, 1861; First geology of Grand Canyon: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 9, n. 7, p. 875.

Baars, D.L., 1969, Major John Wesley Powell, Colorado River pioneer: Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 10-18.

Bourgeois, J., 1998, Rock stars; Model survey geologist; G. K. Gilbert: GSA Today, v. 8, n. 2, p. 16-17.

Dellenbaugh, F.S.l, 1962, A canyon voyage: The narrative of the second Powell expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the explorations on land, in the years 1871 and 1872: New Haven, Yale University Press, 277 p. [917.913 D38C1962; Geology, Undergrad]

Dutton, C.E., 1882, Tertiary history of the Grand Canyon District: U.S. Geological Survey Monograph 2, 264 p.

Dutton, C.E., 1882, The physical geology of the Grand Canyon District: U.S. Geological Survey Annual Report 2, p. 47-166.

Dutton, C.E., 1882, The excavation of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Proceedings, p. 128-130.

Hannibal, J.T., 1993, The legacy of John Strong Newberry (1822-1892); A review in commemoration of 100 years since his death: The Ohio Journal of Science, v. 93, n. 2, p. 39.

Hintze, L.F., and Yochelson, E.L., 2002, Walcott's 1879 Grand Staircase at Kanab Creek in southern Utah and northern Arizona; Its remarkable first measurement: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, n. 4, p. 47.

Ives, 1861, Report upon the Colorado River of the West, explored in 1857 and 1858: Series: [United States] 36th Cong., 1st sess., 1859-1860. Senate. Executive document, unnumbered. Washington, Govt. Print. Off. [Geology closed stacks Q. 557.8 UN3R]

Manten, A.A., and DeMunter, T.D.V., 1968, Grove Karl Gilbert (1843-1918): Earth-Science Reviews, v. 4, n. 4, p. A260-A262.

Marcou, J., 1855, Resume of a geological reconnaissance extending from Napoleon at the junction of the Arkansas with the Mississippi to the Pueblo de los Angeles in California, in Whipple, A. W., Report of explorations... near the thirty-fifth parallel...: U S, 33d Cong 1st sess, H Ex Doc 129 v 18 pt 2; also U S, 33d Cong 2d sess, S Ex Doc 78 and H Ex Doc 91 3 pt 4:165-171, p. 40-48.

McKinney, ed., 2002, Report upon the Colorado River of the West explored in 1857 and 1858 by Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives; Geological report with maps by John S. Newberry: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file report 2-25, CD. [CDROMDOC. I 19.76:02-25 Government Documents (Main Library)]

Molen, P.V.E., 2003, Maps of Grand Canyon National Park: American Memory, Library of Congress <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/nphtml/gchome.html> [in student references; '03]

Musselman, Z., 2003, A short biography on Grove Karl Gilbert: The Compass, v. 77, n. 2, p. 31-34.

Pyne, S., 1979, From the Grand Canyon to the Marianas Trench; The earth sciences after Darwin, in Reingold, N., ed., The sciences in the American context; New perspectives: Wasnington, DC, Smithsonian Inst. Press, p. 165-192.

Powell, J.W., 2002, The exploration of the Colorado River and its canyons: New York, Dover, 400 p. [917.913 P87C1961; 2 copies in Geology; 1 in Main Stacks]. Another edition: Powell, J.W., 2002, The exploration of the Colorado River and its canyons: Washington, DC, National Geographic, 269 p. [917.913 P87c2002; Main Stacks] [in student references; '03]

Ribokas, B., 2002, The Powell Expedition: <http://www.kaibab.org/powell/powexp.htm> [in student references; '03]

Seavey, C.A., 1994, "...the most sublime of all earthly spectacles"; Exploration and mapping of the Grand Canyon, in Johnson, J.M., ed., Exploration and mapping of the national parks: Occasional paper / Map and Geography Round Table of the American Library Association; no. 4, p. 150-174. [in student references;'03] [Map&Geography 346.0460223 Ex741]

Spamer, E.E., 1984, Paleontology in the Grand Canyon of Arizona; 125 years of lessons and enigmas from the late Precambrian to the present: The Mosasaur; Journal of the Delaware Valley Paleontological Society, v. 2, p. 45-128. [Geology 560.5 MO v.2]

Stegner, W.E.,1954, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 438 p. [B.P871 S ; Geology, Main Stacks, Undergrad]

Stephens, H.G., and Shoemaker, E.M., 1987, In the footsteps of John Wesley Powell: An album of comparative photographs of the Green and Colorado rivers, 1871-72 and 1968: Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 286 p. [Q.917.91304 ST44I Geology]

Walcott, C.D., 1883, Pre-Carboniferous strata in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Arizona: American Journal of Science, Series 3, v. 26, p. 437-442.

Walcott, C.D., 1890, Study of a line of displacement in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, in northern Arizona:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 1?, p. 49-64.

Walcott, C.D., 1894, Part 2; Pre-Cambrian igneous rocks of the Unkar Terrane, Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Arizona; with notes on the petrographic character of the lavas: United States Geological Survey Annual Report 14, Part 2, p. 497-524.

Walcott, C.D., 1895, Algonkian rocks of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado: Journal of Geology, v. 3?, p. 312-330.

Whitney, S., 1982, A field guide to the Grand Canyon: New York, Morrow, 320 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology 917.913204 W616F; also 2nd ed., 1996 Geology 917.913204 W616F1996]

Yochelson, E.L., 1979, Charles D. Walcott; America's pioneer in Precambrian paleontology and stratigraphy, in Kupsch, W.O., and Sarjeant, W.A.S., eds., History of concepts in Precambrian geology: Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 19, p. 261-292.

Yochelson, E.L., 1980, The scientific ideas of G. K. Gilbert; An assessment on the occasion of the centennial of the United States Geological Survey (1879-1979): Geological Society of America Special Paper 183, 148 p.

Lava Flows in the Grand Canyon

Campbell, I., and Maxson, J.H., 1940, Intra-canyon lava flow of the lower granite gorge, Grand Canyon:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 51, n. 12, pt. 2, p. 1956.

Cerling, T.E., Poreda, R.J., Fenton, C.R., and Webb, R.H., 1998, Grand Canyon; Grand events: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, n. 7, p. 299. [Abstract only]

Cerling, T.E., Rigby, A., Webb, R.H., and Poreda, R.J., 1995, Cosmogenic (super 3) He exposure ages of debris flows and lava dam outburst floods in the Grand Canyon, USA: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 76, n. 46, Suppl., p. 684. [Abstract]

Fenton, C.R., Poreda, R., Nash, B.P., Webb, R.H., and Cerling, T.E., 2004, Geochemical discrimination of five Pleistocene lava-dam outburst-flood deposits, western Grand Canyon, Arizona: Journal of Geology, v. 112, n. 1, p. 91-110.

Hamblin, W.K., 1969, Late Cenozoic lava flows in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, Arizona, in Baars, D.L., ed., Geology and natural history of the Grand Canyon region: Four Corners Geological Society, p. 41-60.

Hamblin, W.K., 1970, Lava dams in the Toroweap and Prospect areas of the Grand Canyon, in Guidebook to the Geology of Utah 23: Salt Lake City, UT, Utah Geological Society, p. 39-55.

Hamblin, W.K., 1974 & 1976, Late Cenozoic volcanism in the western Grand Canyon, in Breed, W.J., and Roat, E.C., Geology of the Grand Canyon: Flagstaff, AZ, Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 142-157. [Geology557 Ar3g]

Hamblin, W.K., 1989, Pleistocene volcanic rocks of the western Grand Canyon, Arizona, in Elston, D.P., Billingsley, G.H., and Young, R.A., eds., Geology of Grand Canyon, northern Arizona (with Colorado River guides); Lees Ferry to Pierce Ferry, Arizona, in the collection Hanshaw, P.M., ed., Field trips for the 28th International Geological Congress: Washington, DC, American Geophysical Union, p. 190-204.

Hamblin, W.K., 1990, Late Cenozoic lava dams in the western Grand Canyon, in Beus, S.S., and Morales, M., eds. Grand Canyon geology: New York, NY, Oxford University Press, p. 385-433.

Hamblin, W.K., 1994, Late Cenozoic lava dams in the western Grand Canyon: Geological Society of America Memoir 183, 139 p.

Keyes, C.R., 1940, Physiographic significance of Protozoic Cardenas lava-flows of Grand Canyon: Pan-American Geologist, v. 74, n. 3, p. 235-236.

Leopold, L.B., 1969, The rapids and the pools, Grand Canyon: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 0669-D, p. 131-145.

Maxson, J.H., 1950, Lava flows in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 61, p. 9-15.

McKee, E.D., and Schenk, E.T., 1942, The lower canyon lavas and related features at Toroweap in Grand Canyon: Journal of Geomorphology, v. 5, p. 245-273.

McKee, E.D., Hamblin, W.K., and Damon, P.E., 1968, K-Ar age of lava dam in Grand Canyon: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 79, n. 1, p. 133-136.

McKee, E.H., and Noble, D.C., 1976, Age of the Cardenas Lavas, Grand Canyon, Arizona:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 87, n. 8, p. 1188-1190.

Moore, R.C., 1925, Geological report on the inner gorge of the Grand CAnyon of Colorado River: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 556, p. 125-171.

Powell, J.W., 1873, Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries exploed in 1869-1872: Smithsonian Inst., p. 94-196.

Richmond, G.M., 1987, Geology and evolution of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, in Beus, S.S., ed., Geological Society of America Centennial Field Guide 6, n. 2, p. 155-160.

Schwartz, D.W., 1969, Late Cenozoic lava flows in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, Arizona: Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook 5, p. 41-60.

Walcott, C.D., and Iddings, J.P., 1894, Part 2; Pre-Cambrian igneous rocks of the Unkar Terrane, Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Arizona; With notes on the petrographic character of the lavas: U. S. Geological Survey Annual Report 14, Part 2, p. 497-524.

Wenrich, K.J., Billingsley, G.H., and Blackerby, B.A., 1995, Spatial migration and compositional changes of Miocene-Quaternary magmatism in the western Grand Canyon: Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, v. 100, n. 6, p. 10,417-10,440.

Part III Geology of the Arizona Cenozoic Volcanics (Sunset Crater and San Francisco Peaks)

Web Resources

Arizona Volcanoes and Volcanics
Sunset Crater West Quadrangle - Topozone
Flagstaff's Sunset Crater Region Photographic Tour - USGS
Sunset Crater - USGS
Sunset Crater - USGS/NPS
Sunset Crater - VolcanoWorld
San Francisco Mountain - Volcano World
Sunset Crater - Gorp

Humphreys Peak Quad - Topozone

General Literature

Breternitz, D.A., 1967, The eruptions(s) of Sunset Crater: Dating and effects: Plateau, v. 40, p. 72-76.

Colton, H.S. (revised 1967), The basaltic cinder cones and lava flows of the San Francisco Mountain volcanic field: Museum of Northern Arizona Bull. No. 10: Flagstaff, AZ, Northland Press, 58 p.

Colton, H.S. 1945, A revision of the date of the eruption of Sunset Crater: Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, v. 1, p. 345-355.

Damon, P.E., Shafigullah, M., and Leventhal, J.S., 1974, K-Ar chronology for the San Francisco volcanic field and rate of erosion of the Little Colorado, in Geology of Northern Arizona for the Geological Society of America, Rocky Mt. Section Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, pt. I, P. 221.

Holm, R.F., 1986, Field guide to the geology of the central San Francisco Volcanic Field, northern Arizona: Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Guidebook, in Nations, J.D., Conway, C.M., and Swann, G.A., eds., Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, p. 27-41. [in student references; '03] [557.915 G292],

Holm, R.F., Ranney, W.D.R., Wittke, J.H., and Lee, K.F., 1998, Miocene volcanism and geomorphology in Verde Valley, and petrology of alkaline and mildly alkaline rocks at House Mountain shield volcano, Sedona, Arizona, in Duebendorfer, E.M., ed., Geologic Excursions in northern and central Arizona; Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain section meeting: Flagstaff, AZ, Northern Arizona University, p. 1-26. [557.91 G2923]

Holm, R.F., Ulrich, G.E., 1986, Late Cenozoic volcanism in the San Francisco and Morman volcanic fields, southern Colorado Plateau, Arizona, in Nations, J.D., Conway, C.M., and Swann, G.A., eds., Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, p. 27-41. [557.915 G292]

Lynch, D.J., 1989, Neogene volcanism in Arizona: The recognizable volcanoes, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 17, p. 681-700.[Geology 557 Ar3ad] [Geology 557.91 G2922]

Moore, R.B., Wolfe, E.W., and Ulrich, G.E., 1976, Volcanic rocks of the eastern and northern parts of the San Francisco volcanic field, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Journal of Research, v. 4, p. 549-560. [in student references; '03] [Geology Q 557 XJR]

Nations, D., and Stump, E., 1981, Geology of Arizona: Dubuque, Iowa, USA: Kenndall/Hunt Pub. Co., 210 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557.91 N213G]

Ort, M.H., Dallegge, T.A., Vazquez, J.A., and White, J.D.L., 1998, Volcanism and sedimentation in the Mio-Pliocene Bidahochi Formation, Navajo Nation, northeastern Arizona, in Duebendorfer, E.M., ed., Geologic Excursions in northern and central Arizona; Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain section meeting: Flagstaff, AZ, Northern Arizona University, p. 35-57. [557.91 G2923]

Priest, S.S., Duffield, W.A., Malis-Clark, K., Hendley, J.W., II, and Stauffer, P.H., 2001, The San Francisco Volcanic Field, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 17-01.

Priest, S.S., Duffield, W.A., Riggs, N.R., Poturalski, B., and Malis-Clark, K., 2002, Red Mountain Volcano; A spectacular and unusual cinder cone in northern Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 24-02, 4 p.

Smiley, T.L., 1958, Geology and dating of the Sunset Crater, Flagstaff, Arizona, in Anderson, R.Y., and Harshbarger, J.W., Guidebook of the Black Mesa Basin, northeastern Arizona: Socorro, NM, New Mexico Geological Society, 9th Field Conference, p. 186-190. [Geology 557 N47N]

Tanaka, K.L,, Shoemaker, E.M., Ulrich, G.E., and Wolfe, E.W., 1986, Migration of volcanism in the San Francisco volcanic field, Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 97, p. 129-141. [Geology 550.6 GE]

United States National Park Service, 1992, Wupatki and Sunset Crater Volcano National Monuments [brochure]: Washington, DC, National Park Service. [in student references; '03]

Part IV Geology of Meteor Crater

Web Resources

Meteor Crater Quadrangle Map - Topozone

General Literature

Barringer, D.M., 1905, Coon Mountain and its crater: Acad. Nat. Sciences: Philadelphia Proceedings, v. 57, p. 861-886. [Biology 506 AD]

Barringer, D.M., 1910, Meteor Crater, (formerly called Coon Mountain or Coon Butte) in northern central Arizona: Published by the author, 24 p.

Barringer, D.M., 1914, Further notes on Meteor Crater, Arizona: Acad. Nat. Sciences Philadelphia Proc., v. 66, p. 556-565. [Biology 506 AD]

Barringer, D.M., 1924, Further notes on Meteor Crater in Northern central Arizona: Acad. Nat. Sciences Philadelphic Proc., v. 76, p. 275-278. [Biology 506 AD]

Blackwelder, E. and Hager, D., 1953, Crater Mound--Meteor Crater: Discusion, AAPG Bulletin, v. 37, p. 2577-2579. [UIUC available online]

Bogatikov, O.A., Boyarskaya, R.V., Soboleva, S.V., and Frikh-Khar, D.I., 1985, Impact rocks of Meteor Crater, Arizona: International Geology Review, v. 27, n. 3, p. 319-326. [Geology 550.5 IN]

Burnham, R., 1991, Arizona's Meteor Crater: Earth, v. 1., n. 1, p. 50-58. [not at UIUC ]

Chao, E.C.T., 1967, Shock effects in certain rock-forming minerals: Science, v. 156, p. 192-202. [UIUC available online][See GeoRef for many more recent articles on shock effects].

Chao, E.C.T., Fahey, J.J., Littler, J., and Milton, D.J., 1962, Stishovite, SiO2, a very high pressure mineral from Meteor Crater, Arizona: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 67, p. 419-421. [Grainger 538.05 TE]

Chao, E.C.T., Shoemaker, E.M., and Madsen, B.M., 1960, First natural occurrence of coesite: Science, v. 132, p. 220. [UIUC available online]

Fairchild, H.L., 1907, Origin of Meteor Crater (Coon Butte), Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 18, p. 493-504. [Geology 550.6 GE]

French, B.M., 1998, Traces of catastrophe, a handbook of shock-metamorphic effects in terrestrial meteorite impact structures; LPI Contribution No. 954: Houston, TX, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 120 p. [in student references; '03] [Geology 552.4 F887t]

Hager, D., 1953, Crater mound (Meteor Crater), Arizona, a geologic feature: AAPG Bulletin, v. 37, p. 821-857.[UIUC available online]

Hoerzi, F., Mittlefehldt, D.W., See, T.H., and Galindo, C., 2002, Petrographic studies of the impact melts from Meteor Crater, Arizona, USA: Meteoritics and Planetary Science, v. 37, n. 4, p. 501-531. [not at UIUC]

Kargel, J.S., 1998, Meteor Crater, Arizona: Geology and cultural history, in Duebendorfer, E.M., ed., Geologic Excursions in northern and central Arizona; Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain section meeting: Flagstaff, AZ, Northern Arizona University, p. 175. [in student references; '03] [Geology 557.91 G2923]

Kargel, J.S., 1998, Meteor Crater, Arizona: Geology and cultural history, in Duebendorfer, E.M., ed., Geologic Excursions in northern and central Arizona; Field trip guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain section meeting: Flagstaff, AZ, Northern Arizona University, p. 175. [557.91 G2923]

Kieffer, S.W., 1971, Shock metamorphism of the Coconino Sandstone at Meteor Crater, Arizona: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 76, p. 5449. [Grainger 538.05 TE]

Kieffer, S.W., 1974, Shock metamorphism of the Coconino Sandstone at Meteor Crater: Meteorit. Soc., Annu. Meet., Guidebook 37, Guidebook to the geology of Meteor Crater, Arizona, p. 12-19. [Geology 557.91 sh732g]

Merrill, 1908, The Meteor Crater of Canyon Diablo, Arizona; Its history, origin, and associated meteoritic irons: Smithsonian Inst. Misc. Coll., v. 50, p. 461-498. [Biology, Natural History, and Main Stx 506 Sm6m, v. 50]

Nininger, H.H., 1949, Oxidation studies at Barringer crater; Metal-center pellets and oxide droplets: Am Philos. Soc. Yearbook, p. 126-130.

Nininger, H.H., 1951a, Condensatoin globules at Meteor Crater: Science, v. 113, p. 755-756. [UICU available online]

Nininger, H.H., 1951b, A resume of researches at the Arizona meteorite crater: Sci. Monthly, v. 72, p. 75-86.

Nininger, H.H., 1956, Arizona's meteorite crater: Denver, CO, World Press, Inc., 232 p.

Noble, L.F., 1914, The Shinumo Quadrange: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 549, p. 1-100.

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Sutton, S.R., 1985, Thermoluminescence measurements on shock-metamorphosed sandstone and dolomite from Meteor Crater, Arizona; 2, Thermoluminescence age of meteor crater: JGR. Journal of Geophysical Research. B., v. 90, n. 5, p. 3690-3700. [Grainger Engineering 538.05 TE]

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Part V Geology of the San Juan River Area

General Literature

Baars, D.L., 1973, Geology of the Canyons of the San Juan River; A river runner's guide by the Four Corners Geological Society; Field Conference Guidebook v. 7: Durango, CO, Four Corners Geological Society, 93 p.[Geology 557 F82F]

Baars, D.L., 1995, Chapter Twelve; San Juan River, in Navajo Country; A geologic history of the Four Corners region: Albuquerque, NM, University of New Mexico, p. 117-123. [Geology557.913 B111n]

Baker, A