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Cliff outcrops of Cambrian and Ordovician rocks. View is south from Bighorn Pass in the Gallatin Range. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Circa 1967.

Dates

Date Taken
1967

Summary

Album caption and index card: Cliff outcrops of Cambrian and Ordovician rocks, viewed southward from Bighorn Pass, Gallatin Range. On right, lower cliff is Pilgrim Limestone; middle platy beds are Sage Limestone member of Snowy Range Formation; upper cliff is Bighorn Dolomite. Cliffs in cirque headwall (center left) are part of Indian Creek laccolith. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Circa 1967. Published as Figure 7 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 729-A. 1972. Note: Photos ret00205 and ret00206 form a panorama.

Contacts

Data Owner :
U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Ruppel, Edward Thompson

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Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Ruppel, E.T. Collection.

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Additional Information

Identifiers

Type Scheme Key
name photoLibrary ret00206
number photoLibrary 30320
batch photoLibrary btch131
number_in_book photoLibrary 206

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