Geology of Grand Canyon, Northern Arizona (With Colorado River Guides): Lee Ferry to Pierce Ferry, Arizona

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About The Product

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Field Trip Guidebooks Series.

The scheduling of the International Geological Congress field trips T-115 and T-315 through the Grand Canyon during the summer of 1989 has provided an unparalleled opportunity not only to prepare detailed river trip logs describing geologic and hydraulic features that may be observed from Lees Ferry to Lake Mead, but also to compile a modern summary of Grand Canyon geology. To persons unfamiliar with details of the geology, it is commonly supposed that no major problems exist because of the superb and extensive exposures. One objective of this volume is to identify and place in perspective some of the salient problems that remain

• Geologic and hydraulic river trip logs (chapters 1 and 2) are designed to be used during a river trip through Marble Canyon and the Grand Canyon. These logs are followed by a review of hydraulic characteristics of the Colorado River (chapter 3). Physiographic, geologic, and structural settings, found in Chapters 4-7, serve as a general review for the geologist and non-geologist alike.
• Geologic characteristics of the Early Proterozoic crystalline basement, and of stratified and intrusive rocks of the Middle and Late Proterozoic Grand Canyon Supergroup, are summarized in Chapters 8-11.

Of particular interest is an interpretation that the Late Proterozoic Chuar Group accumulated mainly in a lacustrine rather than a marine environment of deposition, and that carbonaceous strata of the Chuar Group may have served as a potential source of Precambrian oil. A preliminary, stratigraphically controlled, apparent polar wandering path developed from Proterozoic and Paleozoic rocks of the Grand Canyon and environs is shown in Chapter 12; the polar path and polarity zonation lead to correlations with poles reported from Proterozoic rocks elsewhere in North America, and the character of the polar path may reflect the nature of movement of the North American plate with respect to episodes of tectonism.

Content:
Chapter 1 Geologic Log of the Colorado River From Lees Ferry to Temple Bar, Lake Mead, Arizona (pages 1–36): George H. Billingsley and Donald P. Elston
Chapter 2 Hydraulic Log of the Colorado River From Lees Ferry to Diamond Creek, Arizona (pages 37–47): Julia B. Graf, John C. Schmidt and Susan W. Kieffer
Chapter 3 Hydraulics and Sediment Transport of the Colorado River (pages 48–66): Susan W. Kieffer, Julia B. Graf and John C. Schmidt
Chapter 4 Physiographic Features of Northwestern Arizona (pages 67–71): George H. Billingsley and John D. Hendricks
Chapter 5 Modern Tectonic Setting of the Grand Canyon Region, Arizona (pages 72–73): Peter W. Huntoon
Chapter 6 Setting of the Precambrian Basement Complex, Grand Canyon, Arizona (pages 74–75): Peter W. Huntoon
Chapter 7 Phanerozoic Tectonism, Grand Canyon, Arizona (pages 76–89): Peter W. Huntoon
Chapter 8 Early Proterozoic Rocks of Grand Canyon, Arizona (pages 90–93): Charles W. Barnes
Chapter 9 Middle and Late Proterozoic Grand Canyon Supergroup, Arizona (pages 94–105): Donald P. Elston
Chapter 10 Petrology and Chemistry of Igneous Rocks Of Middle Proterozoic Unkar Group, Grand Canyon Supergroup, Northern Arizona (pages 106–116): John D. Hendricks
Chapter 11 Potential Petroleum Source Rocks in the Late Proterozoic Chuar Group, Grand Canyon, Arizona (pages 117–118): Mitchell W. Reynolds, James G. Palacas and Donald P. Elston
Chapter 12 Preliminary Polar Path From Proterozoic and Paleozoic Rocks of the Grand Canyon Region, Arizona (pages 119–121): Donald P. Elston
Chapter 13 Paleozoic Strata of the Grand Canyon, Arizona (pages 122–127): Stanley S. Beus and George H. Billingsley
Chapter 14 Cambrian Stratigraphic Nomenclature,Grand Canyon, Arizona ?Mappers Nightmare (pages 128–130): Peter W. Huntoon
Chapter 15 Correlations and Facies Changes in Lower and Middle Cambrian Tonto Group, Grand Canyon, Arizona (pages 131–136): Donald P. Elston
Chapter 16 Mesozoic Strata at Lees Ferry, Arizona (pages 137–138): George H. Billingsley
Chapter 17 Fission?Track Dating: Ages for Cambrian Strata and Laramide and Post?Middle Eocene Cooling Events From the Grand Canyon, Arizona (pages 139–144): C. W. Naeser, I. R. Duddy, D. P. Elston, T. A. Dumitru and P. F. Green
Chapter 18 Development of Cenozoic Landscape Of Central and Northern Arizona: Cutting Of Grand Canyon (pages 145–154): Donald P. Elston and Richard A. Young
Chapter 19 Paleontology, Clast Ages, and Paleomagnetism of Upper Paleocene and Eocene Gravel and Limestone Deposits, Colorado Plateau and Transition Zone, Northern and Central Arizona (pages 155–165): Donald P. Elston, Richard A. Young, Edwin H. Mckee and Michael L. Dennis
Chapter 20 Paleogene?Neogene Deposits of Western Grand Canyon, Arizona (pages 166–174): Richard A. Young
Chapter 21 Pre?Pleistocene(?) Deposits of Aggradation, Lees Ferry to Western Grand Canyon, Arizona (pages 175–185): Donald P. Elston
Chapter 22 Petrology and Geochemistry of Late Cenozoic Basalt Flows, Western Grand Canyon, Arizona (pages 186–189): J. Godfrey Fitton
Chapter 23 Pleistocene Volcanic Rocks of the Western Grand Canyon, Arizona (pages 190–204): W. Kenneth Hamblin
Chapter 24 Quaternary Terraces in Marble Canyon and Eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona (pages 205–211): Michael N. Machette and John N. Rosholt
Chapter 25 Breccia Pipes and Associated Mineralization in the Grand Canyon Region, Northern Arizona (pages 212–218): Karen J. Wenrich and Peter W. Huntoon
Chapter 26 Gravity Tectonics, Grand Canyon, Arizona (pages 219–223): Peter W. Huntoon
Chapter 27 Mining Activity in the Grand Canyon Area, Arizona (pages 224–227): George H. Billingsley
Chapter 28 Bat Cave Guano Mine, Western Grand Canyon, Arizona (page 228): Peter W. Huntoon
Chapter 29 Small Meteorite Impact in the Western Grand Canyon, Arizona (page 228): Peter W. Huntoon

Title Page
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Copyright
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Contents
......Page 8
Preface
......Page 10
MILE KILOMETER......Page 12
REACH 1. MILE 0 TO 11.4 0 TO 18.3 KM, UPPER MARBLE CANYON......Page 48
REACH 2. MILES 11.4 TO 22.6 18.3 TO 36.4 KM, SUPAI GORGE......Page 49
REACH 4. MILES 35.9 TO 61.5 57.9 TO 99.0 KM, LOWER MARBLE CANYON......Page 51
REACH 5. MILES 61.5 TO 77.4 99.0 TO 124.5 KM, FURNACE FLATS......Page 53
REACH 6. MILES 77.4 TO 117.8 124.5 TO 189.5 KM, UPPER GRANITE GORGE......Page 54
REACH 8. MILES 125.6 TO 139.9 202.0 TO 225.1 KM, MIDDLE GRANITE GORGE......Page 56
REACH 10. MILES 159.9 TO 215.8 257.3 TO 347.2 KM, LOWER CANYON......Page 57
REACH 11. MILES 215.8 TO 225.7 9347.2-363.2 KM, UPPER PART OF LOWER GRANITE GORGE......Page 58
INTRODUCTION......Page 59
HISTORY OF FLOW REGULATION AND MAIN-CHANNEL SEDIMENT TRANSPORT......Page 60
HYDRAULIC AND GEOMORPHIC FEATURES OF RAPIDS......Page 66
GEOMORPHIC HISTORY OF THE RIVER CHANNEL AND DEBRIS FANS......Page 73
THE EFFECT OF DEBRIS FLOWS ON THE GEOMETRY, HYDRAULICS, AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN THE COLORADO RIVER CHANNEL......Page 75
CHAPTER 4: PHYSIOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA......Page 78
MODERN GEOPHYSICAL SETTING AND TECTONISM......Page 83
CAMBRIAN TO LATE TRIASSIC DEFORMATION......Page 86
LATE TRIASSIC TO LATE CRETACEOUS UPLIFT......Page 87
GRAND CANYON MONOCLINES......Page 88
AGE OF MONOCLINES......Page 90
LOWER TERTIARY ROCKS......Page 91
EARLY TERTIARY TECTONISM......Page 94
AGE OF FAULTING......Page 95
DISRUPTION OF DRAINAGE......Page 97
INTRODUCTION......Page 100
PETROLOGY, STRUCTURES, AND TECTONIC SETTING......Page 101
NOMENCLATURE......Page 104
STRATIGRAPHY......Page 108
AGE AND CORRELATION......Page 114
INTRUSIVE ROCKS......Page 116
EXTRUSIVE ROCKS......Page 118
DISCUSSION......Page 123
CHAPTER 11: POTENTIAL PETROLEUM SOURCE ROCKS IN THELATE PROTEROZOIC CHUAR GROUP, GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA¹......Page 127
PROTEROZOIC POLES......Page 129
SUMMARY......Page 130
TOROWEAP FORMATION......Page 132
THE SUPAI GROUP......Page 134
REDWALL LIMESTONE......Page 136
THE CAMBRIAN ROCKS......Page 137
CHAPTER 14: CAMBRIAN STRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE,GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA -MAPPERS NIGHTMARE......Page 138
UNCLASSIFIED DOLOMITE......Page 141
TONTO GROUP......Page 142
CONCLUSIONS......Page 146
CHAPTER 16: MESOZOIC STRATA AT LEES FERRY, ARIZONA......Page 147
FISSION-TRACK DATING......Page 149
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION......Page 150
CONCLUSIONS......Page 153
INTRODUCTION......Page 155
LARAMIDE EVENTS AND FEATURES......Page 156
EVOLUTION OF LANDSCAPE OF HUALAPAI PLATEAU AND WESTERN GRAND CANYON: CONSTRAINTS......Page 158
EVOLUTION OF LANDSCAPE OF CENTRAL ARIZONA AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN GRAND CANYON: CONSTRAINTS......Page 159
LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT: EPISODES,DEPOSITS, AND CLIMATE......Page 160
SUMMARY......Page 163
EXTENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF GRAVELS......Page 165
PALEOMAGNETIC STUDIES......Page 167
CORRELATION WITH POLARITY TIME SCALE......Page 172
PALEOGENE ROCKS, HUALAPAI PLATEAU- WESTERN GRAND CANYON......Page 176
NEOGENE ROCKS, HUALAPAI PLATEAU- WESTERN GRAND CANYON......Page 177
GEOMORPHIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EOCENE? - EARLY MIOCENE? ROCKS......Page 179
POST-VOLCANIC SEDIMENTATION HISTORY......Page 181
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 182
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM......Page 185
CHARACTER AND DISTRIBUTION OF DEPOSITS......Page 186
SUMMARY......Page 193
COMPOSITION OF THE BASALTIC FLOWS......Page 196
NATURE OF THE MANTLE SOURCE......Page 198
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 199
DESCRIPTION OF LOCAL AREAS......Page 200
DEVELOPMENT AND DESTRUCTION OF LAVA DAMS......Page 209
VOLCANIC HISTORY......Page 210
RATES OF EROSION......Page 211
LAKE DEPOSITS......Page 213
STRATIGRAPHY AND CHRONOLOGY OF TERRACE DEPOSITS......Page 215
MINING HISTORY......Page 222
REDWALL CAVE SYSTEMS IN THE GRAND CANYON REGION......Page 225
MINERALOGY OF BRECCIA PIPE OREBODIES......Page 226
DISCUSSION......Page 227
VALLEY ANTICLINES¹......Page 229
ROTATIONAL SLIDES......Page 230
Copper......Page 234
Protection of the Grand Canyon......Page 236
Water......Page 237
CHAPTER 28: BAT CAVE GUANO MINE, WESTERN GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA......Page 238
CHAPTER 29: SMALL METEORITE IMPACT IN THEWESTERN GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA......Page 239
REFERENCES......Page 240