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AMERICAN NATIONAL PARKS

Geology of the National Parks of America: this is a never ending story, and these web pages have no ambition to discuss this topic in detail, I just wanted to add some photos and few geological remarks. Here is only a glimpse in the fascinating world of American National Parks.

Bryce National Park

Zion National Park

Arches National Park

Grand Canyon National Park

Petrified Forest National Park

Painted Desert National Park

Mexican Hat National Park

Monument Valley National Park

Sequoia National Park

Kings Canyon National Park

Yosemite National Park

Big Sur

Meteor Crater

Lower Antelope Canyon
Light through the surrealistic red beds of the Navajo Formation.

References
Harris, A.G., Tuttle, E. and Tuttle, S.D., 1997. Geology of national parks. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, 758 pp.

Sprinkel, D.A., Chidsey, T.C. and Anderson, P.B. (Editors), 2000. Geology of Utah's parks and monuments, 28, 643 pp.

Tilden, F., 1968. The National Parks. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 562 pp.