Aerial photograph showing areas of Bull Lake moraines in the northern part of the West Yellowstone Basin. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Circa 1968.
Dates
Date Taken
1968
Summary
Album caption: History and Dynamics of Glaciation in the Northern Yellowstone National Park. Aerial photograph showing areas of Bull Lake moraines in the northern part of the West Yellowstone Basin. Bull Lake ice advanced westward against Horse Butte. The moraines form a well-defined morainal loop in Hebgen Lake. Their hummocky topography is still apparent in spite of a loess mantle. Poorly drained areas are still preserved in the mroainal area near the bottom of the photograph. Dashed line along outer marin of moraines; dotted where inferred. Aerial photography by AMS (Army Map Service), 1954. Wyoming, ca. 1968. No index card. Published as Figure 9 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 729-F. 1979.
Summary
Album caption: History and Dynamics of Glaciation in the Northern Yellowstone National Park. Aerial photograph showing areas of Bull Lake moraines in the northern part of the West Yellowstone Basin. Bull Lake ice advanced westward against Horse Butte. The moraines form a well-defined morainal loop in Hebgen Lake. Their hummocky topography is still apparent in spite of a loess mantle. Poorly drained areas are still preserved in the mroainal area near the bottom of the photograph. Dashed line along outer marin of moraines; dotted where inferred. Aerial photography by AMS (Army Map Service), 1954. Wyoming, ca. 1968.
No index card.
Published as Figure 9 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 729-F. 1979.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Pierce, K.L. Collection.
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