Anatomy of the Grand Canyon: Panoramas of the Canyon's Geology - Hardcover

Hamblin, W. Kenneth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1934656011 ISBN 13: 9781934656013

Publisher: Grand Canyon Assn, 2008

Synopsis

The experience of seeing the Grand Canyon is difficult to describe but impossible to forget. Some people are content to see the massive chasm from a viewpoint along the rim; others want to see it from end to end and understand the natural processes that shaped this one-of-a-kind spectacle. It is for the latter that this book has been prepared.

Anatomy of the Grand Canyon is not a geology textbook encumbered with language unintelligible to the average reader. Rather, it is a visual tour from the canyon’s rims, the Colorado River, and the air; from the beginning of the Grand Canyon at Lees Ferry, to its conclusion 277 miles downstream at the Grand Wash Cliffs. Though the panoramic photographs are magnificent, their higher purpose is to show important geologic information. Supported by text, diagrams, and maps that are easy to understand, these photographs tell an amazing story.

Author-photographer W. Kenneth Hamblin has packed a lifetime of geologic study into a volume that is at once inspiring and instructive, and has given the reader access to the Grand Canyon’s most intriguing secrets. For them, the thrill of discovery awaits.

About this title

About the Author:

W. Kenneth Hamblin has taught at the University of Kansas, the University of Georgia, and Brigham Young University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Canyon Assn
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1934656011
• ISBN 13: 9781934656013
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 143
• Illustrator: Black Bronze