ASU celebrates 'The Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon District with Atlas' with an exhibit

Katherine Davis-Young/KJZZGrand Canyon National Park. Arizona State University is celebrating the anniversary of a book that explored the Grand Can...

November 22, 2022
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Katherine Davis-Young/KJZZGrand Canyon National Park. Arizona State University is celebrating the anniversary of a book that explored the Grand Canyon and its geology."The Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon District with Atlas" by Clarence Dutton came out 140 years ago. In honor of that, ASU has an exhibit at Hayden Library featuring art and a 3D model of the region's topography, among other things. The exhibit also includes digitized maps taken from the book and georeferenced to put in real-world coordinates.