Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-303) and index.
A grand transition : Pearce Ferry -- A conflict of fire and water : Toroweap Overlook -- Flood of controversy : the Colorado River and Glen Canyon Dam -- Jewel of the Southwest : Antelope Canyon -- A tale of twin plateaus : Navajo National Monument and Black Mesa -- How to carve a totem pole : Monument Valley -- Journey to an ancient shoreline : the Grand Canyon and the gorge of the Little Colorado River -- Dilophosaurus dancehall : Moenave dinosaur tracks -- Beauty all around me, with it I wander : Canyon de Chelly National Monument -- Volcanic violence in a landscape turned upside down : the Peach Springs tuff -- A mélange of magmas, a variety of volcanoes : the San Francisco volcanic field -- Desert Niagara : Grand Falls -- Pangaean Riviera : the Sedona red rocks -- A crater with deep impact : Meteor Crater -- Triassic time capsule : Petrified Forest National Park -- Continent under construction : the rocks of Prescott -- Mountain of metal : the mines of Jerome -- A lake's legacy : Montezuma Castle National Monument -- A bridge to the past : Tonto Bridge State Park -- Islands in time : the Mazatzal quartzite