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Geology of the Grand Canyon: Corrasion.

WEATHERING.CORRASION.Mr. G. K. Gilbert has embodied in his admirable monograph on the Henry Mountains, a chapter on Land Sculpture, which sets forth in most logical and condensed from the…

Geology of the Grand Canyon: Weathering.

CORRASION.WEATHERING.The work of corrasion is limited to the cutting of narrow gashes in the strata, and the grinding up of the fragments brought into the river channels. The widening of…

U.S. Grand Prix—East

Held from 1959-80 and 1981-88 at the following locations: Sebring, Fla. (1959); Riverside, Calif. (1960); Watkins Glen, N.Y. (1961-80); and Detroit (1982-88). There was no race in 1981. Race…

U.S. Grand Prix—West

Held from 1976-83 at Long Beach, Calif. Races also held in Las Vegas (1981-82), Dallas (1984) and Phoenix (1989-91). Race discontinued in 1992. Multiple winners: Alan Jones and Ayrton Senna…

Brewer's: Au Grand Sérieux

(French) In sober earnest. “We are not asked to take these narratives au grand sérieux. They are rather sketches of the past, illustrating what could have been done, and may be done again…

Grand Prix Season Standings

Final Top 10 standings from the 2002 IAAF Grand Prix season. Overall Men's and Women's winners receive $100,000 (US) each. All ties are broken by a complex Grand Prix scoring system.MEN1.…

United States Grand Prix

Indianapolis 500U.S. Grand Prix-EastU.S. Grand Prix-WestU.S. Grand Prix Federation Internationale Sportive Automobile (FISA) sanctioned two annual U.S. Grand Prix-USA/East and USA/West-from 1976-80…