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North from the head of Avalanche Basin. Glacier National Park, Montana. 1914.

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1914-08

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Glacier National Park, Montana. North from the head of Avalanche Basin. Most of the rock shown belongs to the Siyeh Limestone. The dark peak on the left consists of beds belonging to the Missoula Group. Conophyton zone 1 and a sill of metagabbro are visible in the upper part of the cliffs. Note the pronounced discordance between the nearly flat basin floor on the right and the cliffed gorge on the left. August 1914. Portion of Figure 16, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 296. Photos sec00353, sec0353a, sec0353b form a panorama.

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name photoLibrary sec0353a
number photoLibrary 32548
batch photoLibrary batch55
number_in_book photoLibrary 353A

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