Grand Canyon National Park - How Grand Canyon was shaped over time (U.S. National Park Service)

Ranger Minutes are short audiocasts or videocasts in which a park ranger shares interesting stories and information about Grand Canyon National Park.

In this Ranger Minute, Ranger Joseph Felgenhauer describes a simple way to remember how the Grand Canyon was shaped over time: D.U.D.E.
(The letters stand for Deposition, Uplift, Down cutting and Erosion.)

How Grand Canyon was shaped over time - Running Time 03m 51s - March 2009 Written by Joseph Felgenhauer. Produced by Brian Gatlin and Michael Quinn
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park-geology cross section of rock layers

Often described as Earth's greatest geological showcase, the ensemble of stunning dimensions — the melding of depth, width, and length — sets Grand Canyon apart. Nowhere else features such a dazzling variety of colorful rock layers, impressive buttes, and shadowed side canyons. Grand Canyon is the Illustration: canyon against which all other canyons are compared.

Download Basic Answers to Geological Questions (292kb PDF File)

This is page 7 from the Grand Canyon Guide newspaper.

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