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Yosemite—the Incomparable Valley
Author(s) -
Waltham Tony
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2012.00823.x
Subject(s) - geology , glacial period , archaeology , trough (economics) , paleontology , geography , economics , macroeconomics
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.