Sequoia National Park, California. East across Kern Canyon in the vicinity of the Kern Canyon Ranger Station.
Dates
Date Taken
1935
Summary
Sequoia National Park, California. East across Kern Canyon in the vicinity of the Kern Canyon Ranger Station. The light-colored spur on the left is granite; the gray tongue-like mass on the right is a lava flow of basalt that cascaded down from the valley of Golden Trout Creek. At the near edge of the lava flow, Golden Trout Creek has incised a deep slot-like gorge in the basalt and in the granite underneath. At the upper left is a rocky promontory; in the saddle behind it, 1,500 to 1,600 feet above the floor of Kern Canyon, occurs a moraine of El Portal Stage. Circa 1935. Figure 51, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 504-A.
Summary
Sequoia National Park, California. East across Kern Canyon in the vicinity of the Kern Canyon Ranger Station. The light-colored spur on the left is granite; the gray tongue-like mass on the right is a lava flow of basalt that cascaded down from the valley of Golden Trout Creek. At the near edge of the lava flow, Golden Trout Creek has incised a deep slot-like gorge in the basalt and in the granite underneath. At the upper left is a rocky promontory; in the saddle behind it, 1,500 to 1,600 feet above the floor of Kern Canyon, occurs a moraine of El Portal Stage. Circa 1935. Figure 51, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 504-A.
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