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Pacific NW Geologic Mapping Project

Geologic maps of the North Cascades


KJya-1. View west-northwest down Glacier Creek from the slopes of Mount Baker [MBnw]. A rocky prominence in the middle distance is a klippe of Yellow Aster gneiss (KJya) resting on Nooksack Formation (KJn). Qag, alpine glacial deposits. Photographed in 1990.
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