Section of spruce tree showing wave damage. Lituya district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. 1954.
Dates
Date Taken
1954
Summary
Album caption: Section of spruce tree showing wave damage, Lituya Bay. Mount Fairweather quadrangle, Lituya district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. 1954. Index card: Section cut in 1953 from spruce tree growing just above trimline of 1936 giant waves. There are 17 growth rings outside injury on right. Mount Fairweather quadrangle, Lituya district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. 1954. Published as Plate 8-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 354-C. 1960.
Summary
Album caption: Section of spruce tree showing wave damage, Lituya Bay. Mount Fairweather quadrangle, Lituya district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. 1954.
Index card: Section cut in 1953 from spruce tree growing just above trimline of 1936 giant waves. There are 17 growth rings outside injury on right. Mount Fairweather quadrangle, Lituya district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. 1954.
Published as Plate 8-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 354-C. 1960.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Library Photographic Collection, Miller, D.J. Collection.
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