Oblique aerial view of flood deposits below the junction of Lamar River with the Yellowstone. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1970.
Dates
Date Taken
1970
Summary
Album caption: History and Dynamics of Glaciation in the Northern Yellowstone National Park. Oblique aerial view of flood deposits below the junction of Lamar River with the Yellowstone. Floodwaters more than 50 m deep from the Lamar River left deposits in the wider parts of the Yellowstone valley. A bedrock constriction at the downstream edge of the photograph caused hydraulic damming of the floodwater, resulting in lower velocities and deposition of floodgravels, especially against the valley walls and downstream from spurs. A shallow channel on the flood deposits parallels the near side of the Yellowstone River. Photograph by W.B. Hall, 1970. Wyoming, ca. 1968. No index card. Published as Figure 46 in U.S. [...]
Summary
Album caption: History and Dynamics of Glaciation in the Northern Yellowstone National Park. Oblique aerial view of flood deposits below the junction of Lamar River with the Yellowstone. Floodwaters more than 50 m deep from the Lamar River left deposits in the wider parts of the Yellowstone valley. A bedrock constriction at the downstream edge of the photograph caused hydraulic damming of the floodwater, resulting in lower velocities and deposition of floodgravels, especially against the valley walls and downstream from spurs. A shallow channel on the flood deposits parallels the near side of the Yellowstone River. Photograph by W.B. Hall, 1970. Wyoming, ca. 1968.
No index card.
Published as Figure 46 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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