A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California |
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| Description | This view shows El Capitan, perhaps the most prominent of the many granitic monoliths in Yosemite Valley California. The outcrop is about 3,000 feet tall and is composed of the El Capitan Granite (Cretaceous) cut by many light and dark colored dikes. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Cretaceous |
| Geologic province | Sierra Nevada Batholith |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ Merced. Near Merced. Yosemite Valley National Park. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 2002-03-07. |
| Tech details | 485 KB. Vista. |
| GeoDIL number | 2508 |
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