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Form a panorama of foothills formed of Tertiary rocks on west side of Salt Creek, looking westward from divide between Tacuya and Salt creeks, about 1 mile from edge of San Joaquin Valley. Sharp ridge at extreme left formed by Tertiary volcanic rocks lying in the Vaqueros formation. Syncline in center occupied by diatomaceous Maricopa shale. Badlands carved in gravels of Vaqueros formation. Kern County, California. September 28, 1912. Plate 5 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 116. 1920.
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Form a panorama of foothills formed of Tertiary rocks on west side of Salt Creek, looking westward from divide between Tacuya and Salt creeks, about 1 mile from edge of San Joaquin Valley. Sharp ridge at extreme left formed by Tertiary volcanic rocks lying in the Vaqueros formation. Syncline in center occupied by diatomaceous Maricopa shale. Badlands carved in gravels of Vaqueros formation. Kern County, California. September 28, 1912. Plate 5 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 116. 1920.
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Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964. Debris avalanche on the peninsula between Ugak and Kiliuda Bays. A slide of Tertiary rocks from the 1,500-foot-high peak at upper right flowed into the uninhabited valley below at about 300-foot altitude where it spread out as a debris lobe roughly 1,500 feet across. The narrow streak of light-colored debris in the lower right corner is part of the slide mass that overflowed the near flank of the landslide scar. 1964. Plate 2, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 543-D.
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Cliffs of Tertiary limestone above slopes developed in igneous rocks, etc. of older series; view up west canyon wall from same point as images 586 and 587. Arecibo County, Puerto Rico. February 1922.