Creation of the Teton Landscape: The Geologic Story of Grand Teton National ParkReed, John C. (John Calvin)
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Creation of the Teton Landscape: The Geologic Story of Grand Teton National Park
Reed, John C. (John Calvin)
Geology -- Wyoming -- Grand Teton National Park
CENOZOIC
QUATERNARY
Sand, gravel, and talus
_Includes glacial outwash and materials deposited by present
streams_
Landslide deposits
Moraine deposits of Pinedale glaciers
Moraine deposits of Bull Lake and older glaciers
TERTIARY
Volcanic rocks
_Lava flows and volcanic ash_
Conglomerate, sandstone, shale, claystone, marl, and pumice
_Deposited on land or in shallow lakes_
MESOZOIC
Conglomerate, sandstone, shale, and coal
_Deposited on land_
Shale, sandstone, and limestone
_Mostly deposited in shallow seas_
PALEOZOIC
Limestone, shale, and sandstone
_Deposited in shallow seas_
PRECAMBRIAN
Diabase dikes
Granite, gneiss, and schist
Fault
_Dashed where approximately located; dotted where concealed beneath
unfaulted younger deposits. U is on the side that moved up; D,
on the side that moved down_
Geologic contact
[Illustration: View southwest from Lake Solitude toward the Grand
Teton (right), Mt. Owen, and Mt. Teewinot. _Wyoming Travel
Commission photo by J. R. Simon._]
[Illustration: Grand Teton, Mt. Owen, and Mt. Teewinot from Jenny
Lake Flat. _National Park Service photo by W. E. Dilley._]
Transcriber’s Notes
—Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook
is public-domain in the country of publication.
—Corrected a few palpable typos.
—Re-arranged text in captions closer to the corresponding image.
—Expanded ambiguous references to illustrations, _e.g._ “Figure D” to
“Figure 16D”
—Added one section heading, “The First Big Lake” to match the table of
contents.
—Included a transcription of the text within some images, with estimated
scale readings from charts.
—In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by
_underscores_.
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