The Geologic Story of Glacier National ParkDyson, James L. (James Lindsay)
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The Geologic Story of Glacier National Park
Dyson, James L. (James Lindsay)
Geology -- Montana -- Glacier National Park; Glacier National Park (Mont.)
The visitor can readily trace the Grinnell from place to place
throughout the entire park area, and can thus easily visualize that it
as well as all other formations at one time filled the intervening
spaces between the mountains. (See color of cover pages.)
SIYEH FORMATION.
Next above the Grinnell is a thick limestone formation which, because of
its weathered buff color, stands out in sharp contrast to the red beds
upon which it rests. It is the greatest cliff-maker in the park and in
several places its entire thickness of 4,000 feet may be exposed in a
single nearly vertical cliff. Since it is younger than the three
preceding formations, it is confined mainly to the higher elevations,
capping many of the loftiest peaks within the Lewis and Livingstone
Ranges. In the Many Glacier area such peaks are Mount Gould and the
Garden Wall, Mounts Siyeh, Grinnell, Allen, Wilbur, and Henkel. A number
of others, including Little Chief, Jackson, Gunsight, Fusillade,
Going-to-the-Sun, Piegan, Pollock, Cannon, and Heavens Peak, are visible
from Going-to-the-Sun Highway. The huge peaks—Kinnerly, Kintla, Carter,
and Rainbow—which stand guard at the heads of Kintla and Bowman Lakes
are composed of the Siyeh. The list also includes Cleveland, highest and
largest of all.
[Illustration: ALGAE COLONIES IN SIYEH LIMESTONE NEAR GRINNELL GLACIER.
(DYSON PHOTO)]
[Illustration: GENTLY TILTED STRATA OF THE SIYEH FORMATION IN GRINNELL
MOUNTAIN.
(DYSON PHOTO)]
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