Oblique aerial view of the outer and inner moraines of the Farewell glaciation. Tonzona district, Kuskokwim region, Alaska. 1941.
Dates
Date Taken
1941
Summary
Album caption: Oblique aerial view of the outer and inner moraines of the Farewell glaciation along the South Fork. The fresh inner moraine (Qdf2) of the Farewell glaciation (Farewell 2) is at the left of the picture, and the slightly subdued outer moraine (Qdfl) of the same glaciation (Farewell 1) in the middle and right foreground. Outwash (Qof) of this glaciation leads away from these moraines and forms a smooth, fairly steep slope at their immediate front and a gentle slope away from them. A segment of the greatly subdued moraine (Qds) of the Selatna glaciation can be seen in the right background. This segment, and a part of the outer moraine of the Farewell glaciation, are pictured on the right and left sides, respectively, of [...]
Summary
Album caption: Oblique aerial view of the outer and inner moraines of the Farewell glaciation along the South Fork. The fresh inner moraine (Qdf2) of the Farewell glaciation (Farewell 2) is at the left of the picture, and the slightly subdued outer moraine (Qdfl) of the same glaciation (Farewell 1) in the middle and right foreground. Outwash (Qof) of this glaciation leads away from these moraines and forms a smooth, fairly steep slope at their immediate front and a gentle slope away from them. A segment of the greatly subdued moraine (Qds) of the Selatna glaciation can be seen in the right background. This segment, and a part of the outer moraine of the Farewell glaciation, are pictured on the right and left sides, respectively, of photo no. 11. The braided flood plain (Qab) of the South Fork, bordering by steep terrace escarpments is in the foreground. Tonzona district, Kuskokwim region, Alaska. 1941. (Photo by U.S. Army Air Force)
Published as figure 27 in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1071-G. 1960.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Fernald, A.T. Collection.
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