Beach at Kachemak Bay, Seldovia District, Cook Inlet Region, Alaska, 1964.
Dates
Date Taken
1964
Summary
Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964. Sharp break-in-slope between upper and lower beach faces extends from mid-foreground to mid-center, just to the right of the man. These features, seen here in Kachemak Bay at low tide, are common to many shingle beaches. Kachemak Bay, Seldovia District, Cook Inlet Region, Alaska, 1964. Photo by K.W. Stanley. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 543-J, Figure 3, p. J-4. 1968.
Summary
Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964.
Sharp break-in-slope between upper and lower beach faces extends from mid-foreground to mid-center, just to the right of the man. These features, seen here in Kachemak Bay at low tide, are common to many shingle beaches.
Kachemak Bay, Seldovia District, Cook Inlet Region, Alaska, 1964.
Photo by K.W. Stanley.
Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 543-J, Figure 3, p. J-4. 1968.
Image located in the U.S.Geological Survey Photographic Collection subject album "Alaska Earthquake, Volume 3, March 27, 1964", no.225.
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