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Click here to start a tour of the Grand Canyon along the Kaibab and Bright Angel Trails between the South Rim and Phantom Ranch. Click on any of the images to continue to the next page in the linked page series. Or, see a thumbnail gallery. Click here to see tours of other national parks. |
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| Topographic Map (click for larger view) | Geologic Map (click for larger view) |
These maps show the route of the Kaibab and Bright Angel Trails between the South Rim and Phantom Ranch and show the location of selected photographic views along the way. |
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Click here to see the same images in 3D photography. (You will need red-and-cyan 3D glasses.) |
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Click here to see historic 3D photography taken by the John Wesley Powell Survey of 1871-72. Click here to learn more about sedimentary rock formations exposed in the Grand Canyon. Geologic maps of the Grand Canyon include: Billingsley, George H., 2000, Geologic Map of the Grand Canyon 30' by 60' Quadrangle, Coconino and Mohave Counties, Northwestern Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigation Series I-2688, Available on-line at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/i-2688/, Billingsley, George H. and Wellmeyer, Jessica L., 2004, Geologic Map of the Mount Trumbull 30' x 60' Quadrangle, Mohave and Coconin Counties, Northwestern Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigation Series I-2766, Available on-line at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/i-2766/, |
Click here to see more 3-D geology tours of National Parks.
This website was prepared by Phil Stoffer
USGS Western Earth Surface Processes
Team, Menlo Park, California.
U.S.
Department of the Interior - U.S.
Geological Survey - Geology
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