Yosemite National Park, California. Glacial moraines in Yosemite Valley. Tioga-age terminal moraine is exposed in a road cut just east of Bridalveil Meadow.
Summary
Yosemite National Park, California. Glacial moraines in Yosemite Valley. Tioga-age terminal moraine is exposed in a road cut just east of Bridalveil Meadow. This moraine contains large boulders of Cathedral Peak Granodiorite, clear evidence of glacial transport from Tuolumne Meadows via Tenaya Canyon or from the upper Merced River basin via Little Yosemite Valley. Figure 74-A, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1595.
Summary
Yosemite National Park, California. Glacial moraines in Yosemite Valley. Tioga-age terminal moraine is exposed in a road cut just east of Bridalveil Meadow. This moraine contains large boulders of Cathedral Peak Granodiorite, clear evidence of glacial transport from Tuolumne Meadows via Tenaya Canyon or from the upper Merced River basin via Little Yosemite Valley. Figure 74-A, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1595.
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