Geological Survey Professional Paper 160 Geologic History of the Yosemite Valley

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______. An excursion to the Yosemite (California), or studies in the formation of alpine cirques, "steps," and valley "treads": Idem, vol. 44, pp. 262-315, 1910.

BADÈ, W. F., Life and letters of John Muir, 2 vols., Boston and New York, 1923-24.

BLAKE, W. P., Sur l'action des anciens glaciers dans la Sierra Nevada de Californie et sur l'origine de la Vallée de Yosemite: Compt. Rend., vol. 65, pp. 179-181, 1867.

______. Glacial erosion and the origin of the Yosemite Valley: Am. Inst. Min. Eng. Trans., vol. 29, pp. 823-835, 1900.

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BRANNER, J. C., A topographic feature of the hanging valleys of the Yosemite: Jour. Geology, vol. 11, pp. 547-553, 1903.

BUNNELL, L. H., Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian war of 1851, 4th ed., Los Angeles, 1911.

CLARK, GALEN, The Yosemite Valley, 1910.

DILLER, J. S., The Tertiary revolution in the topography of the Pacific coast: U. S. Geol. Survey Fourteenth Ann. Rept., pt. 2, pp. 404-411, 1894.

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GANNETT, HENRY, The origin of the Yosemite Valley: Nat. Geog. Mag., vol. 12, pp. 86-87, 1901.

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HALL, A. F., Handbook of Yosemite National Park [contains chapter on geology, by A. C. Lawson], New York, 1921.

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JOHNSON, D. W., The origin of the Yosemite Valley: Appalachia, vol. 12, pp. 138-146, 1910.

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JOHNSON, W. D., The profile of maturity of alpine glacial erosion: Jour. Geology, vol. 12, pp. 569-578, 1904.

______. The grade profile in alpine glacial erosion: Sierra Club Bull., vol. 5, pp. 271-278, 1905.

KING, CLARENCE, Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, 4th ed., Boston, 1874.

LAWSON, A. C., Geomorphogeny of the upper Kern Basin: California Univ. Dept. Geology Bull., vol. 3, pp. 291-376, 1904.

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LAWSON, A. C., Geology of Yosemite National Park, in Handbook of Yosemite National Park, compiled and edited by A. F. Hall, New York, 1921.

LE CONTE, JOSEPH, A journal of ramblings through the High Sierra of California by the University excursion party, San Francisco, 1875.

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______. The origin of transverse mountain valleys and some glacial phenomena in those of the Sierra Nevada: Univ. Chronicle, vol. 1, pp. 479-497, Berkeley, Calif., 1898.

______. Ramblings through the High Sierra: Sierra Club Bull., vol. 3, pp. 1-107, 1900 (reprinted from A journal of ramblings, 1875).

LE CONTE, J. N., The High Sierra of California: Alpina Americana, No. 1, pp. 1-16, 1907.

LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, The Tertiary gravels of the Sierra Nevada: U. S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 73, 1911.

MATTHES, F. E., Little studies in the Yosemite Valley—I, The extinct Eagle Peak Falls: Sierra Club Bull., vol. 7, pp. 222-224, 1910; II, The striped rock floor of the Little Yosemite Valley: Idem, vol. 8, pp: 3-9, 1911; III, The winds of the Yosemite Valley: Idem, vol. 8, pp. 89-95, 1912; IV, El Capitan moraine and ancient Lake Yosemite: Idem, vol. 9, pp. 7-15, 1913.

______. Sketch of Yosemite National Park and an account of the origin of Yosemite and Hetch Hetchy Valleys, U. S. Dept. Interior, 1912.

______. Studying the Yosemite problem: Sierra Club Bull., vol. 9, pp. 136-147, 1914.

______. Moraine Dome and the moraines of the Little Yosemite Valley: Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., vol. 4, pp. 295-296, 1914.

______. Cockscomb Crest: Sierra Club Bull., vol. 11, pp. 21-28, 1920.

______. The story of Yosemite Valley: Making of American Scenery, No. 1, National Park Service, 1922.

______. The story of Yosemite Valley (printed on back of map of Yosemite Valley), U. S. Geol. Survey, 1923.

______. Kings River Canyon and Yosemite Valley: Sierra Club Bull., vol. 12, pp. 224-236, 1926.

______. Multiple glaciation in the Sierra Nevada: Science, new ser., vol. 70, pp. 75-76, 1929.

MUIR, JOHN, Winter phenomena of the Yosemite Valley: Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Proc., vol. 15, pp. 148-151, 1873.

______. On the effects of the earthquake of 26th March, 1872, in the Yosemite Valley: Idem, vol. 15, pp. 185-186, 1873

______. Discovery of glaciers in Sierra Nevada: Am. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., vol. 5, pp. 69-71, 1873.

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______. The mountains of California, New York, 1894.

______. Our national parks, 1901; enlarged ed., Boston and New York, 1909.

______. My first summer in the Sierra, New York, 1911.

______. The Yosemite, New York, 1912.

MUIR, JOHN, Studies in the Sierras (seven articles published originally in Overland Monthly, 1874-75, republished by Sierra Club)—I, Mountain sculpture: Sierra Club Bull., vol. 9, pp. 225-239, 1915; II, Mountain sculpture—origin of Yosemite valleys: Idem, vol. 10, pp. 62-77, 1916; III, Ancient glaciers and their pathways: Idem, vol. 10, pp. 184-201, 1917; IV, Glacial denudation: Idem, vol. 10, pp. 304-318, 1918; V, Postglacial denudation: Idem, vol. 10, pp. 414-428, 1919; VI, Formation of soils: Idem, vol. 11, pp. 69-85, 1920; VII, Mountain building: Idem, vol. 11, pp. 181-193, 1921.

RUSSELL, I. C., Quaternary history of Mono Valley, Calif.: U. S. Geol. Survey Eighth Ann. Rept., pt. 1, pp. 261-394, 1889.

TURNER, H. W., The Pleistocene geology of the south-central Sierra Nevada, with especial reference to the origin of the Yosemite Valley: California Acad. Sci. Proc., 3d ser., Geology, vol. 1, pp. 261-321, 1900.

TURNER, H. W., The rocks of the Sierra Nevada: U. S. Geol. Survey Fourteenth Ann. Rept., pt. 2, pp. 435-495, 1894.

______. Geologic notes on the Sierra Nevada: Am. Geologist, vol. 13, pp. 228-249, 297-316, 1894.

______. The age and succession of the igneous rocks of the Sierra Nevada: Jour. Geology, vol. 3, pp. 385-414, 1895.

______. Further contributions to the geology of the Sierra Nevada: U. S. Geol. Survey Seventeenth Ann. Rept., pt. 1, pp. 521-762, 1896.

WHITNEY, J. D., Geology of the Sierra Nevada: Geol. Survey of California, Geology, vol. 1, 1865.

______. The Yosemite book, New York, 1868.

______. The Yosemite guidebook, Cambridge, 1870.

______. The auriferous gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California: Harvard Coll. Mus. Comp. Zoology Mem., vol. 6, 1880.

YARD, R. S., The book of the national parks, 1919.