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(browse)ScienceBase CatalogUSGS Denver Library Photographic CollectionSorted circle in Garda till, The Paradise cirque, Pierce County, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1964.

Sorted circle in Garda till, The Paradise cirque, Pierce County, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1964. [Folder View]

Album Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Sorted circle in Garda till on the floor of The Paradise cirque on the south side of Mount Rainier. This area is at an altitude of about 1,895 meters and was uncovered by Paradise Glacier some time within the last 450 years. The central part of the circle is relatively free of large stones; it is ringed by stones that lie in a depression 5 to 15 centimeters deep in the till. The tape is 32 centimeters long. Circa 1964. Pierce County, Washington. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 847, figure 33. 1974.