Talus slopes above creek in Teocalli Mountains, Alaska, August 1914

Talus, or scree, is the result of weathering of bedrock; the materials in talus are in the process of transforming from stable bedrock into clay. Talus is not a stable material, and landslides may easily occur on talus slopes. McPherson number: K246 PH Coll 495.1-61d Photograph from album created in...

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Mountains > Alaska
Streams > Alaska
Teocalli Mountains (Alaska)
Talus (Geology) > Alaska
Slopes (Physical geography) > Alaska
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/3688 2023-05-15T17:05:38+02:00 Talus slopes above creek in Teocalli Mountains, Alaska, August 1914 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. United States--Alaska--Teocalli Mountains Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9800XL at 100-150 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 5 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2012. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3688 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC4533 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3688 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Alaska Engineering Commission photograph collection. PH Coll 495 Mountains--Alaska Streams--Alaska Teocalli Mountains (Alaska) Talus (Geology)--Alaska Slopes (Physical geography)--Alaska Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:04:11Z Talus, or scree, is the result of weathering of bedrock; the materials in talus are in the process of transforming from stable bedrock into clay. Talus is not a stable material, and landslides may easily occur on talus slopes. McPherson number: K246 PH Coll 495.1-61d Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party (known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroad Commission expedition). The A.E.C. had assigned McPherson to research the feasibility of building a branch railroad from Anchorage west to the mining districts on the Kuskokwim and Iditarod Rivers. Other/Unknown Material Kuskokwim Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Anchorage
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topic Mountains--Alaska
Streams--Alaska
Teocalli Mountains (Alaska)
Talus (Geology)--Alaska
Slopes (Physical geography)--Alaska
spellingShingle Mountains--Alaska
Streams--Alaska
Teocalli Mountains (Alaska)
Talus (Geology)--Alaska
Slopes (Physical geography)--Alaska
Talus slopes above creek in Teocalli Mountains, Alaska, August 1914
topic_facet Mountains--Alaska
Streams--Alaska
Teocalli Mountains (Alaska)
Talus (Geology)--Alaska
Slopes (Physical geography)--Alaska
description Talus, or scree, is the result of weathering of bedrock; the materials in talus are in the process of transforming from stable bedrock into clay. Talus is not a stable material, and landslides may easily occur on talus slopes. McPherson number: K246 PH Coll 495.1-61d Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party (known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroad Commission expedition). The A.E.C. had assigned McPherson to research the feasibility of building a branch railroad from Anchorage west to the mining districts on the Kuskokwim and Iditarod Rivers.
author2 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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title Talus slopes above creek in Teocalli Mountains, Alaska, August 1914
title_short Talus slopes above creek in Teocalli Mountains, Alaska, August 1914
title_full Talus slopes above creek in Teocalli Mountains, Alaska, August 1914
title_fullStr Talus slopes above creek in Teocalli Mountains, Alaska, August 1914
title_full_unstemmed Talus slopes above creek in Teocalli Mountains, Alaska, August 1914
title_sort talus slopes above creek in teocalli mountains, alaska, august 1914
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op_coverage United States--Alaska--Teocalli Mountains
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genre Kuskokwim
Alaska
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Alaska
op_source University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections
Alaska Engineering Commission photograph collection. PH Coll 495
op_relation Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
AWC4533
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op_rights For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
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