A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | The Shield, El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California |
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| Description | This view is more or less straight up on the side of El Capitan. The rock climber is ascending a part of El Capitan called the Shield. The rock is part of the El Capitan Granite, a component of the Sierra Nevada Batholith. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Cretaceous |
| Geologic province | Sierra Nevada |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ Merced. Near Merced. Yosemite National Park. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 1992. |
| Key words | Yosemite, granite, El Capitan |
| Tech details | 734 KB. Vista. |
| GeoDIL number | 2744 |
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