Rock falls from Glacier Point above Camp Curry, Yosemite National Park, California

Open-file Report 99-385

Figure 4- Jointing on the north face of Glacier Point.

A)Depiction of major through-going joint sets J2, J5, and J6 on middle of north face Glacier Point. Recent release area is in center of photograph. Photograph taken by Leroy Radanovich for the National Park Service.

B) Joint sets J2-J5 (Table 2) identified in photo mosaic of release area below Glacier Point (only a few selective joints are identified) . Joint set J1 is the plane of the cliff face. Photographs taken June 16, 1999 by John Weller, Ansel Adams Gallery and used with permission of the National Park Service.

Gerald F. Wieczorek, U.S. Geological Survey and James B. Snyder, National Park Service

 
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