Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. The advancing terminus of Carbon Glacier shows its closeness to the maximum advance in 10,000 years.
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1969
Summary
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. The advancing terminus of Carbon Glacier shows its closeness to the maximum advance in 10,000 years. The terminus started to recede from the area about 1760. Earlier, near the end of the 15th century, the glacier was broader near the terminus and left moraines. Cataract Creek, not clearly, occupies the valley in the foreground, flowing from the right to Carbon River in left center. View is southeast. Aug. 29, 1969. Plate 5, Figure 1, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 387-B.
Summary
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. The advancing terminus of Carbon Glacier shows its closeness to the maximum advance in 10,000 years. The terminus started to recede from the area about 1760. Earlier, near the end of the 15th century, the glacier was broader near the terminus and left moraines. Cataract Creek, not clearly, occupies the valley in the foreground, flowing from the right to Carbon River in left center. View is southeast. Aug. 29, 1969. Plate 5, Figure 1, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 387-B.
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