• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Yosemite—the Incomparable Valley
  • Beteiligte: Waltham, Tony
  • Erschienen: Wiley, 2012
  • Erschienen in: Geology Today
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2012.00823.x
  • ISSN: 0266-6979; 1365-2451
  • Schlagwörter: Paleontology ; Stratigraphy ; Earth-Surface Processes ; Geology
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p>Cut deep into the heart of California's Sierra Nevada, the Yosemite Valley has been dubbed the Incomparable Valley, because it is so seriously spectacular. And it is. It has also been called the finest example of a deep glaciated trough. But it's not. Yosemite is more than that, and the glaciation is only part of its splendid geological story.</jats:p>