Carving Grand Canyon: Evidence, Theories, and MysteryCarving Grand Canyon provides a synopsis of the intriguing ideas and innovative theories that geologists have developed over time. This story of a fascinating landscape is told in an engaging style that nonscientists will find inviting. The story's end, however, remains a mystery yet to be solved. |
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16 million 30 million antecedence Basin and Range bedrock Blackwelder Bryce Canyon carve canyons carved the Grand climate Colorado Plateau course deepening deposits downstream drainage reversal east elevation eroded evidence evolution faults flood formed geologic geologists Glen Canyon Dam gradient Grand Canyon area Grand Canyon region Grand Canyon Village Grand Canyon's origin Grand Wash Cliffs gravels Green River Gulf of California headward erosion Hualapai Ice Age idea integrated interior basin Kaibab Plateau Kaibab upwarp Kanab knickpoint Lake Bidahochi Lake Mead lava dams Little Colorado River located Longwell Lucchitta Marble Canyon miles million years ago modern Colorado River Mogollon Highlands Mogollon Rim Muddy Creek Formation northeast drainage Northern Arizona Peach Springs perhaps period plateau uplift Powell present river flowed rock Rocky Mountains runoff sediment sedimentary Sevier story strata stream piracy suggests symposium theory Toroweap tributaries upstream Utah valleys Wayne Ranney western Grand Canyon