Ancient Landscapes of the Grand Canyon Region / The Geology of Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Petrified Forest & Painted Desert

by Edwin D. McKee

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Ancient Landscapes of the Grand Canyon Region, by Edwin Dinwiddie McKee, Illustrated by Louis Schellbach and Russell Hastings

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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