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El Capitan from south, the cliff of El Capitan lies near the center, with Guadalupe Peak concealed behind it. Culberson County, Texas. 1945.

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1945

Summary

El Capitan from south, the cliff of El Capitan lies near the center, with Guadalupe Peak concealed behind it. Numbers (on published photo; progressing down the mountain) refer to original section by Shunard; White limestone (Capitan); upper dark limestone (Pinery); yellow sandstone (Delaware Mountain); basal black limestone (Bone Spring). Letters (on published photo progressing downward) refer to Quaternary deposits; older slope deposits; younger slope deposits: Oblique aerial photo by U.S. Army Air Corps. Culberson County, Texas. Circa 1945. Plate 1, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 215. 1948.

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U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
King, P.B.

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name photoLibrary kpb00366
number photoLibrary 20411
batch photoLibrary btch293
number_in_book photoLibrary 366

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