The Geologic Story of Mount Rainier / A look at the geologic past of one of America's most scenic volcanoes

Eunice Lake, northwest of Mount Rainier. The lake lies in a small bedrock basin that was scoured out by a glacier between about 15,000 and 20,000 years ago. The rounded green slopes at the far edge of the lake are underlain by rock that has been smoothed and grooved by glacier ice. This side of Mount Rainier rises to Liberty Cap, which hides the true summit of the volcano.
By Dwight R. Crandell
A look at the geologic past of one of America’s most scenic volcanoes
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1292
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WALTER J. HICKEL, Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
William T. Pecora, Director
Library of Congress Catalog-Card No. 79-601704
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1969
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402—Price 65 cents (paper cover)
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