Grand Canyon of the Colorado River

 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
 89.552

Sedimentation and Stratigraphy Laboratory 89.554

 Banded iron formation
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Chapter 1
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Stratigraphic principles Figure 2.2. Flow chart illustrating geologic processes involved in the formation of the principal types of sedimentary rocks. Table 2.1. Principal constituents of sedimentary rocks.  
Chapter 2
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Figure 3.9. Orbital velocities needed to initiate the motion of quartz grains. Figure 6.15. Threshold velocity for initiation of grain movement and bed types under orbital flow.    

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