Grand Canyon Geology

Grand Canyon Geology / 12B / Leighty / Physical Geology (GLG 101IN)
This presentation is all about the landscape and geology of the Grand Canyon, loaded with imagery of the various locations, rock units, plants, and even notable personalities. We follow the stratigraphy from the depths of the Canyon to its highest rim, with special attention paid the geologic time and history that the landscape represents.
0:00 Grand Canyon Geology
0:41 Geography
1:04 Physiography
3:28 Rock of Ages
5:22 Missing Rocks and Time
6:43 Stratigraphy
7:52 Yavapai Supergroup
9:48 Intrusive Igneous Rocks
12:25 Paleoproterozoic Paleogeography
12:48 Grand Canyon Supergroup
13:54 Unkar Group
14:13 Bass Limestone
14:40 Hakatai Shale
15:02 Shinumo Quartzite
15:19 Dox Formation
15:34 Cardenas Basalt
16:10 Dating the Supergroup
16:21 Cardenas Dike
16:52 Nankoweap Formation
17:16 Chuar Group
17:31 Galeros & Kwagunt Formations
17:51 Meso- & Neoproterozoic Paleogeography
18:45 The Great Unconformity
21:36 Cheops Bay
23:29 Paleozoic Rocks
24:55 Tonto Group
25:25 Sixtymile Formation
25:45 Tapeats Formation
27:27 Bright Angel Shale
29:11 Muav Limestone
30:41 Frenchman Mountain Dolostone
31:59 Temple Butte Formation
35:36 Redwall Limestone
41:54 Surprise Canyon Formation
42:55 Supai Group
45:36 Hermit Formation
47:03 Coconino Sandstone
49:39 Toroweap Formation
51:14 Kaibab Formation
53:12 Moenkopi & Chinle Formations
53:49 Uinkaret Volcanic Field
55:35 Landslides & Rockfalls
57:03 Yavapai Orogeny
57:58 Rodinia Rifting
58:49 Laramide Orogeny
59:42 Basin & Range Disturbance
1:01:09 The Modern Grand Canyon
1:02:04 The Canyon: One Reason to Love Geology