Three Rivers Peak, viewed from the northeast. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Circa 1967.
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1967
Summary
Album caption and index card: Three Rivers Peak, viewed from the northeast. Measured section of Pilgrim Limestone and Snowy Range Formation is on the northeast (left) shoulder of peak. Flat shelf is at base of main cliff is the top of Pilgrim Limestone, upper shelf is top of Jefferson Formation, and top of peak is Lodgepole Limestone. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Circa 1967. Published as Figure 6 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 729-A. 1972.
Summary
Album caption and index card: Three Rivers Peak, viewed from the northeast. Measured section of Pilgrim Limestone and Snowy Range Formation is on the northeast (left) shoulder of peak. Flat shelf is at base of main cliff is the top of Pilgrim Limestone, upper shelf is top of Jefferson Formation, and top of peak is Lodgepole Limestone. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Circa 1967.
Published as Figure 6 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 729-A. 1972.
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Geology of pre-Tertiary rocks in the northern part of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, with a section on Tertiary laccoliths, sills, and stocks in and near the Gallatin Range, Yellowstone National Park
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Ruppel, E.T. Collection.
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