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Athabasca Glacier–in retreat, Canada
Front of Athabasca Glacier, Alberta, with a monument marking the front of the glacier in 2000. Jasper National Park. (120713-65)
Download ImageDevonian “Reef Rock”, Banff National Park
“Reef Rock”, Devonian Southesk Formation, with coral and stromatoporoids. This unit is an important oil producing rock in the Canadian Rockies.
Download ImageRock Glacier and Cirque (Pan)
Rock Glacier and Cirque, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. (ID-120713-19pan)
Download ImageHanging Valley and Takakkaw Falls (vertical)
Takakkaw Falls pours out of a hanging valley, once occupied by a tributary glacier, that has since melted back. Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada (120712-4)
Download ImageGlacial Cirque, Banff NP, Canada
Glacial cirque and glacier, the bowl-shaped region at the head of a glacier, Banff National Park, Alberta. (ID: 120713-13)
Download ImageSlump Scars, Banff NP
Slump scars, from gravitational failure, on oversteepened talus cone, Bow Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta. (ID: 120710-9)
Download ImageAsymmetric anticline and syncline in limestone
Asymmetric anticline and syncline in limestone, Mt. Kidd, Alberta. These folds are fault-propagation folds, as they formed at the termination of the Lewis thrust. (120711-15)
Download ImageTilted Paleozoic limestone, Canadian Rockies
Tilted Paleozoic limestone, Canadian Rockies, Alberta. (120711-6)
Download ImageBow Lake, Banff National park
Bow Lake, the headwaters of the Bow River, Banff National Park, Alberta. (ID: 120710-88)
Download ImageInterbedded limestone (gray) and dolomite (orange).
Interbedded limestone (gray) and dolomite (orange). Photo is about 30 cm across.
Download ImageAthabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta Canada. Roadsi
Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta Canada. Roadside marker shows the location of the glacier’s terminus in the year 1908. (120709-99)
Download ImageInterbedded limestone (gray) and dolomite (light gray).
Interbedded limestone (gray) and dolomite (light gray). (120710-63)
Download ImageLake. Bow Lake, Banff NP, Canada
Bow Lake, the headwaters of the Bow River, Banff National Park, Alberta. (ID:120710-7t)
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Braided channels in glacial outwash
Braided stream channels in glacial outwash deposits, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. (120710-13)
Download ImageGlacial outwash deposits, (vertical) Jasper National Park, Alberta.
Glacial outwash deposits beneath Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (120709-124)
Download ImageGlacial outwash delta, Canadian Rockies
Delta, built by glacial outwash deposits entering lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (120709-74)
Download ImageAthabasca Glacier and terminal moraine
Edge of the Columbia Icefield: Athabasca Glacier and terminal moraine. Note lateral moraines along sides and Sunwapta Lake below.
Download ImageCrowfoot Glacier, Canadian Rockies
Crowfoot Glacier, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. (ID: 120709-4)
Download ImageTalus cones, Canadian Rockies
Talus cones, built from rocks falling from the cliffs above. Crowfoot Mountain, Banff National Park, Canada. (120709-3
Download ImageTalus Cone, Canadian Rockies
Talus cone, Banff National Park, Canada. (ID: 120709-23)
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