Small crevices formed in the mud-flats along the south shore of Hebgen Lake. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959.
Dates
Date Taken
1959-08
Summary
Index card: Small crevices formed in the mud-flats along the south shore of Hebgen Lake. The entire shore was broken by many such cracks which apparently formed as water-soaked sediments slumped toward the deeper part of the lake--in this case, toward the right of the photograph. Hebgen Lake earthquake, Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.
Summary
Index card: Small crevices formed in the mud-flats along the south shore of Hebgen Lake. The entire shore was broken by many such cracks which apparently formed as water-soaked sediments slumped toward the deeper part of the lake--in this case, toward the right of the photograph. Hebgen Lake earthquake, Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Witkind, I.J. Collection.
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