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Damage done by Ambato Earthquake August 5, 1949. [6.8 on the Richter Scale and over 6,000 dead]. The hospital, one of the many buildings in the medical center (on the NW. outskirts of Ambato) all of which were not quite finished new, and very poor construction, all a total loss. Tungurahua, Ecuador. 1950.
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Aerial photograph stereopair showing part of Valley and Ridge section of Turquino Range. Note oblique trend of Pelado Ridge (P) as compared to more northeasterly trend of strike ridges. Photograph by U.S. Navy. Geology of South-central Oriente, Cuba. Oct. 1940-Oct. 1945. Published as Fig. 43, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 975-D. 1955.
Conglomerate-filled channel in shale, overlain by sandstone, in outcrop of San Luis formation on west bank of Rio Contramaestre, at locality 34. Geology of South-central Oriente, Cuba. Oct. 1940-Oct. 1945. Published as Fig. 34, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 975-D. 1955.
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Damage done by Ambato Earthquake August 5, 1949. [6.8 on the Richter Scale and over 6,000 dead]. Main plaza of Guano. This terrace had 4 reinforced concrete light poles: 3 were thrown down, and 1 undamaged. Chimborazo, Ecuador. 1950.
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Aerial photograph stereopair showing northwest part of Pedernal Karstland (K) whose rims are localized by faults that separate Pedernal Karstland from Central Massif of Sierra de Nipe (M). Geology of South-central Oriente, Cuba. Oct. 1940-Oct. 1945. Published as Fig. 44, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 975-D. 1955.
Damage done by Ambato Earthquake August 5, 1949. [6.8 on the Richter Scale and over 6,000 dead]. Rammed earth walls of damaged houses on Pillaro-Marcos Espinel Road, tumbled down by earthquake. Note tied pole roof supports. Tungurahua, Ecuador. 1950.
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Conglomerate-filled channel enclosing blocks of sandstone, in limy shale of San Luis formation, near locality 34. Scale is indicated by lower block, 1 meter thick. Note tilt of upper block. Geology of South-central Oriente, Cuba. Oct. 1940-Oct. 1940. Published as Fig. 35, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 975-D. 1955.
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View westward toward Tres Cruces Tambo from Arenal de Pancahuan. Napo Pastaza, Ecuador. 1946.
Indians herding sheep and llamas along the Quito-Riobamba highway near Riobamba. Road cut in pyro-clastics from Chimborazo volcano. Chimborazo, Ecuador. 1946.
View of El Cotopaxi, looking southward, with El Chimborazo on right skyline. Chimborazo, Ecuador. 1946.
U.S.A.F. Mission C-47 at Cotocollao Airfield, Quito. Left to right: TS?, Embassy Attache?, M. J. Gatewood, Maj. USAF (pilot), Romeo Cordovez, Wallace Estill, TS?, G.E. Lewis. Pichincha, Ecuador. 1946.
Camarones Heights, type locality of Camarones conglomerate member of San Luis formation; summit about 670 meters altitude. Contacts shown in white: Cobre formation (Tc) underlies shale of the San Luis formation (Tsl) at base of slope in saddle left of peak; shale is overlain by Camarones conglomerate member. (Tslc) at break in slope; conglomerate well exposed in steep-sided ravines. Photographs by Stepen Taber. Geology of South-central Oriente, Cuba. Oct. 1940-Oct. 1945. Published as Fig. 36, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 975-D. 1955.
Indian peons (Angel and Santos) barbecuing venison, Carniceria Tambo. Napo Pastaza, Ecuador. 1946.
View westward across south end of Santiago Basin along Caribbean Coast. The entrance to Santiago Bay is in foreground; Turquino Range of the Sierra Maestra is in the distance. Photograph by U.S. Navy. Geology of South-central Oriente, Cuba. Oct. 1940-Oct. 1945. Published as Fig. 21, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 975-D. 1955.
Damage done by Ambato Earthquake August 5, 1949. [6.8 on the Richter Scale and over 6,000 dead]. Church on east side of main plaza. Guano. Poor masonry walls of inferior material, poorly cemented, as an exterior and interior veneer, with soft mortar, mud, and rubble fill (note exposed fill between N. tower and central belfry). Chimborazo, Ecuador. 1950.
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Culebrillas Valley from trail in Andes to the northwest; both valley walls completely scarred by landslides, and valley floor shows typical landslide topography. Canar, Ecuador. 1946.
Head of "La Moya de Pelileo," south of Pelileo. Note fissured and folded boggy fill, and surrounding springs. Bent pipe in foreground proves movement of fill downvalley toward Pelileo and slide during 5 August 1949 quake. Tungurahua, Ecuador. 1950.
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Reef limestone occuring as small lenses in the Habana (?) formation, weathering out on grassy slopes underlain by clastic rocks. La Burra Basin, locality 245. Geology of South-central Oriente, Cuba. Oct. 1940-Oct. 1945. Published as Fig. 27, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 975-D. 1955.
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Orienta Provence, Cuba,
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Indians herding sheep and llamas along the Quito-Riobamba highway near Riobamba. Road cut in pyro-clastics from Chimborazo volcano. Chimborazo, Ecuador. 1946.
Oligocene rock outcrops in quarry in Morcate Ridge at Morcate, locality 96. Chalky white Oligocene foraminiferite exposed in quarry face; grassed-over quarry floor is fine-grained conglomerate and conglomerate sandstone of San Luis formation.
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