Convergence of ice streams toward Gardiner to form the northern Yellowstone outlet glacier. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1969.
Dates
Date Taken
1969
Summary
Album caption: History and Dynamics of Glaciation in the Northern Yellowstone National Park. Convergence of ice streams toward Gardiner to form the northern Yellowstone outlet glacier. 1, Drumloid topography in Gardners Hole (also frontispiece) and adjacent areas formed by northeasterly to northerly flow from the Gallatin Range icecap and the plateau icecap between the Gallatin and Washburn Ranges. 2, Northerly flow between Obsidian and Lava Creeks left striations and basalt erratics on Bunsen Peak. 3, Striations and scour features cross the crest of the northwestern part of the Washburn Range. 4, Glacial-scour features on Mount Everts and adjacent uplands indicates flow swinging from westerly to northwesterly. Dot in arrow indicates [...]
Summary
Album caption: History and Dynamics of Glaciation in the Northern Yellowstone National Park. Convergence of ice streams toward Gardiner to form the northern Yellowstone outlet glacier. 1, Drumloid topography in Gardners Hole (also frontispiece) and adjacent areas formed by northeasterly to northerly flow from the Gallatin Range icecap and the plateau icecap between the Gallatin and Washburn Ranges. 2, Northerly flow between Obsidian and Lava Creeks left striations and basalt erratics on Bunsen Peak. 3, Striations and scour features cross the crest of the northwestern part of the Washburn Range. 4, Glacial-scour features on Mount Everts and adjacent uplands indicates flow swinging from westerly to northwesterly. Dot in arrow indicates striations observed on the ground. High-altitude aerial photography by NASA, 1969. Wyoming, ca. 1968.
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Published as Figure 21 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 729-F. 1979.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Pierce, K.L. Collection.
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