Sarvent lava complex. South Cowlitz Chimney. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. ca. 1959.
Dates
Date Taken
1959
Summary
A plug of flow-banded rhyolite in the Sarvent lava complex of South Cowlitz Chimney. The south (right) side of the plug flares outward, truncating and overriding nearly horizontal bedded rocks of the Ohanapecosh Formation. The plug's sheer rock face is about 500 feet high. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. ca. 1959. Figure 17, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 444.
Summary
A plug of flow-banded rhyolite in the Sarvent lava complex of South Cowlitz Chimney. The south (right) side of the plug flares outward, truncating and overriding nearly horizontal bedded rocks of the Ohanapecosh Formation. The plug's sheer rock face is about 500 feet high. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. ca. 1959. Figure 17, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 444.
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