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The prismatic form of Agassiz Column. Yosemite National Park, California. 1914.

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1923

Summary

Album caption: Near view of Agassiz Column, a poised rock below Union Point, showing in its prismatic form the controlling effect of vertical and diagonal jointing. The cliffs aout the Yosemite Falls, in the background, reveal vertical, diagonal and horizontal master joints. Handwritten notes on album caption: Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California. 1923. Published as Plate 47-B in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 160. No index card. Plate 47-B caption: Agassiz Column. The prismatic form of Agassiz Column is determined wholly by intersecting planes, vertical and oblique. The column is the last remnant of a rock mass that was divided by many such fractures. The cliffs about the Yosemite Falls, in the background, [...]

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number photoLibrary 24228
batch photoLibrary batch26
number_in_book photoLibrary 649

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