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View looking up from Anvil Rock, Devils Hole, Death Valley National Park, Nevada. 1985.

Devils Hole Picture Story

Dates

Acquisition
1985

Summary

Fig. 6. View looking up from Anvil Rock (immediately above D in Fig. 4) in main chamber of Devils Hole at about 80 ft (24.4 m) below water surface. The planar fissure strikes NE and dips 70–80 degrees to SE. Widths of the fissure typically range < 6.5 ft ( <2 m). White translucent mammillary calcite coats hanging wall (left in photo) of Paleozoic carbonate bedrock. Footwall (right in photo) is barely visible in the narrow fissure. Two U.S. Geological Survey research divers are at the pool surface. 1985. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs, U.S. Geological Survey (retired); Peter T. Kolesar, Professor [...]

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Data Owner :
U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Hoffman, Ray J.

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U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection 2016 DENPH0054. All images are jpegs and located on the library shared drive, H:\NSN_Library_Common\Library Manual\Photographic Collection\Accession Log\Accession log collection documents\2016 Collections\2016 DENPH0054

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CD with 31 images received from Tyler B. Coplen, Ph.D., Director, Reston Stable Isotope Laboratory. Dr. Coplen received the CD from Ike Winograd on September 26, 2016.

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