By Jeffrey Zuehlke

Have you visible rocks which are greater than billion years outdated? prepare to go to the Grand Canyon! thousands of individuals go back and forth to Arizona to go to this extraordinary position every year. yet simply how mammoth is the Grand Canyon? and the way used to be it made? learn this publication to determine! Age diversity: 6 and up

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Zuehlke, Jeffrey. The Hoover Dam. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2010. 31 Index Arizona, 8, 29 Kaibab limestone, 15 Colorado River, 11, 13, 26–27 mules, 25 North Rim, 23 desert, 8 Elves Chasm, 26 erosion, 12 park rangers, 21 Powell, John Wesley, 29 Redwall limestone, 17 Grand Canyon National Park, 20, 22 South Rim, 24 Inner Canyon, 26 Vishnu schist, 16 Photo Acknowledgments The images in this book are used with the permission of: © Carmel Studios/SuperStock, pp. 4-5; © Flirt/SuperStock, pp.

New York: Children's Press, 2001. Riley, Joelle. Erosion. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2007. Trumbauer, Lisa. Grand Canyon. New York: Children’s Press, 2005. Zuehlke, Jeffrey. The Hoover Dam. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2010. 31 Index Arizona, 8, 29 Kaibab limestone, 15 Colorado River, 11, 13, 26–27 mules, 25 North Rim, 23 desert, 8 Elves Chasm, 26 erosion, 12 park rangers, 21 Powell, John Wesley, 29 Redwall limestone, 17 Grand Canyon National Park, 20, 22 South Rim, 24 Inner Canyon, 26 Vishnu schist, 16 Photo Acknowledgments The images in this book are used with the permission of: © Carmel Studios/SuperStock, pp.

9; © David Muench/Stone/Getty Images, pp. 10-11; © age fotostock/SuperStock, pp. 12, 18, 22-23, 24, 26, 30; Mike Quinn, National Park Service, p. fr/SuperStock, pp. 15, 16-17, 21; © Prisma/SuperStock, p. 19; © Laura Ciapponi/Photonica/Getty Images, p. 20; © Demetrio Carrasco/Dorling Kindersley/ Getty Images, p. 25; © John Beatty/Stone/Getty Images, p. 27; © Laura Westlund/ Independent Picture Service, p. 28; © Ralph Lee Hopkins/National Geographic/Getty Images, p. 31. Front Cover: © Prisma/SuperStock 32 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Have you ever seen rocks that are more than two billion years old?

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