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Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Deposits in the west bank of Kautz Creek, about 0.35 mile downstream from the Wonderland Trail. The cobble and boulder gravel at the base is probably a fluvial deposit. It is overlain by a layer of duff and roots, above which is a lenticular lahar a few feet thick. Above the lahar, on the right side of photo cdr0188a, is a layer of roots and duff which includes pyroclastic layer W. Above this are other lahars and fluvial deposits. Circa 1964. Pierce County, Washington. Published in U.S. Geological Survey, Professional paper 677, figure 19. 1971. Panorama with cdr00188a.
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Album Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. The end moraine of Garda Drift formed by the Emmons Glacier is a hummocky accumulation of bare rock debris in the center of the White River valley. When the ice front stood at the moraine, the upper surface of the glacier coincided with the conspicuous sloping trimline in the trees on the opposite valley wall. Circa 1967. Pierce County, Washington. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1288, figure 15. 1969.
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Album Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Weathered rinds on stones from the upper parts of the Hayden Creek till. Circa 1964. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 847, figure 10-B. 1974.
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Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Protalus ramparts, dating from a late part of the last major glaciation, along the north base of Sunrise Ridge, northeast of Mount Rainier. Sunrise Lake in the distance. 1967.
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Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Summit cone and crater of Mount Rainier. View is southwest. Columbia Crest is at the right. The glaciers are the upper parts of Ingraham (left), Emmons (center) and Winthrop (right). 1964.
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Album Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Excavation in the rubble rill shown in photo cdr00167. The unvegetated rubble is 15 to 30 centimeters thick and overlies a mixture of rock fragments and volcanic ash. Circa 1964. Pierce County, Washington. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 847, figure 39. 1974.
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Album caption: Little Tahoma with Frying Pan Glacier on left and White Glacier on right. Sour Dough Mountains in foreground, taken by W.O. Tufts, Aug. 4, 1913, looking south, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington. Handwritten notes on album caption: Pierce County No index card.
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Plate Caption:Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. The protalus rampart on the north side of Sunrise Ridge is separated from the partly vegetated talus on the left by a depression 5 to 6 feet deep and 20 to 30 feet wide. A thick wedge-shaped snow bank blanketed the talus and the depression when the arcuate rampart was formed. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1288, figure 11. 1969. Album Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Protalus rampart on the north side of Sunrise Ridge, northwest of Mount Rainier, at an altitude of about 1,780 meters. The depression between the protalus rampart and the talus on the left is about 2 meters deep and 7 to 10 meters wide. Circa 1964. Pierce County,...
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Album Caption; Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Evans Creek till on top of a lava flow (exposed at left center), viewed from Mildred Point on the south side of Mount Rainier. The Kautz Creek glacier was at least 240 meters thick when the till was deposited on this ridge between the Kautz Creek valley (left) and Van Trump Park (right). Pierce County, Washington. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 874, figure 18. 1974.
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Album Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Lahar exposed near the mouth of Fryingpan Creek grading from sand- and pebble-sized material in the lower two- thirds to a well-sorted medium sand at the top. The pick head is at the contact of the lahar with an underlying fluvial sand deposit. Circa 1964. Pierce County, Washington. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 677, figure 12. 1971.
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Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. North side of Mount Rainier, viewed from Grand Park (foreground). From left to right: Little Tahoma Peak, Emmons Glacier, Steamboat Prow, Winthrop Glacier, Willis Wall, and Carbon Glacier. On the skyline at center, the summit cone is on the left, Columbia Crest on the right. 1963.
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Album Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Hayden Creek till at an altitude of about 1,900 m northwest of the Palisades.The till is at least 30 m thick and is at the crest of a ridge between adjacent cirques that were subsequently occupied and largely excavated by Evans Creek glaciers. Mounta rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. ca. 1964. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 847, figure 13. 1974.
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Album Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Bouldery deposit left in Tahoma Creek picnic area (then a campground) on the evening of August 31, 1967. The unvegetated part of the Tahoma Creek flood plain is faintly visible in the background. September 1, 1967. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 677, figure 30. 1971.
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Plate Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Outcrop of light gray welded tuff in the Stevens Ridge Formation along the road in Stevens Canyon. The angular dark gray fragments in the welded tuff are chunks of pumice. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1292, figure 2. 1969. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1292 (revised edition), figure 2.
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Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Avalanche deposits in the White River valley. The rockfalls and avalanches from Little Tahoma Peak formed a mass of reddish-gray debris that contrasts with the darker gray glacial debris deposited by Emmons Glacier within the last century. The avalanche deposits are about 1,500 feet across at their widest point. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1292, figure 20. 1969. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1292 (revised edition), figure 19.
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Album Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Garda terminal moraine of Emmons Glacier in the White River valley. The outermost part of the moraine was formed some time before 1700, but after deposition of the W pumice 450 years ago. Much of the moraine was buried by avalanches of rock debris from Little Tahoma Peak in 1963. View is northeast. 1958. Pierce County, Washington. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 847, figure 31. 1974.
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Album Caption: A large breadcrust bomb enclosed in a mudflow deposit that consists of a mixture of volcanic ash and rock fragments. The outcrop is on the south bank of the White River about half a mile downstream from the White River campground. Mount Rainier National Park. Pierce County, Washington. ca. 1967. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1292, figure 9. 1969; Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 677, figure 9. 1971. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1292, figure 7. Revised edition. 1983.
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Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Brown pumice erupted by Mount Rainier about 2200 years ago, viewed from near Yakima Park on the northeast side of Mount Rainier. 1968.
map background search result map search result map Breadcrust bomb enclosed in a mudflow, White River, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. 1967. Welded tuff, Stevens Ridge Formation, Stevens Canyon, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Protalus rampart on the north side of Sunrise Ridge, Pierce County, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1964. Avalanche deposits in the White River valley from Little Tahoma Peak, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Summit cone and crater, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1964. Mount Rainier, viewed from Grand Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1963. Protalus ramparts, Sunrise Ridge, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1967. The end moraine of Garda Drift, White River valley, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington.1967. North Mowich Glacier from Division Rock, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1966. Terminus of Carbon Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1963. Brown pumice erupted by Mount Rainier about 2200 years ago, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1968. Weathered rinds, Hayden Creek till, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. 1964. Hayden Creek, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. 1964. Evans Creek till, viewed from Mildred Point, Pierce County, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1964. Garda terminal moraine of Emmons Glacier, White River valley, Pierce County, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1958. Excavation in the rubble rill, Pierce County, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1964. Lahar, Fryingpan Creek, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. 1964. Kautz Creek deposits, near Wonderland Trail, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. 1964. Tahoma Creek picnic area deposit, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. 1967. Little Tahoma with Frying Pan and White Glaciers in view, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. 1913. Breadcrust bomb enclosed in a mudflow, White River, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. 1967. Welded tuff, Stevens Ridge Formation, Stevens Canyon, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Protalus rampart on the north side of Sunrise Ridge, Pierce County, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1964. Avalanche deposits in the White River valley from Little Tahoma Peak, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Summit cone and crater, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1964. Mount Rainier, viewed from Grand Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1963. Protalus ramparts, Sunrise Ridge, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1967. The end moraine of Garda Drift, White River valley, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington.1967. North Mowich Glacier from Division Rock, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1966. Terminus of Carbon Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1963. Brown pumice erupted by Mount Rainier about 2200 years ago, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1968. Weathered rinds, Hayden Creek till, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. 1964. Hayden Creek, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. 1964. Evans Creek till, viewed from Mildred Point, Pierce County, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1964. Garda terminal moraine of Emmons Glacier, White River valley, Pierce County, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1958. Excavation in the rubble rill, Pierce County, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1964. Lahar, Fryingpan Creek, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. 1964. Kautz Creek deposits, near Wonderland Trail, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. 1964. Tahoma Creek picnic area deposit, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. 1967. Little Tahoma with Frying Pan and White Glaciers in view, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. 1913.