Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Creek cutting a channel in a secondary accumulation of volcanic detritus at the base of a mountain west of Amalik Bay.
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1912
Summary
Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Creek cutting a channel in a secondary accumulation of volcanic detritus at the base of a mountain west of Amalik Bay. Successive erosional benches are not due to uplift, but to the varying ratio of volume of water to volume of load. August 10, 1912. Photo taken after the June 1912 eruption of Novarupta Volcano.
Summary
Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Creek cutting a channel in a secondary accumulation of volcanic detritus at the base of a mountain west of Amalik Bay. Successive erosional benches are not due to uplift, but to the varying ratio of volume of water to volume of load. August 10, 1912. Photo taken after the June 1912 eruption of Novarupta Volcano.
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