The GRAND TETON NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION
The Grand Teton Natural History Association
assists the National Park Service in
the development of a broad public understanding
of the geology, plant and animal
life, history, and related subjects pertaining
to Grand Teton National Park. It aids
in the development of museums and wayside
exhibits, offers for sale publications on
natural and human history, and cooperates
with the Government in the interest of
Grand Teton National Park.
Mail orders: For a publication list, write
the Grand Teton Natural History Association,
Moose, Wyoming 83012.
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- CENOZOIC
- QUATERNARY
- Sand, gravel, and talus
- Includes glacial outwash and materials deposited by present streams
- Landslide deposits
- Moraine deposits of Pinedale glaciers
- Moraine deposits of Bull Lake and older glaciers
- TERTIARY
- Volcanic rocks
- Lava flows and volcanic ash
- Conglomerate, sandstone, shale, claystone, marl, and pumice
- Deposited on land or in shallow lakes
- MESOZOIC
- Conglomerate, sandstone, shale, and coal
- Deposited on land
- Shale, sandstone, and limestone
- Mostly deposited in shallow seas
- PALEOZOIC
- Limestone, shale, and sandstone
- Deposited in shallow seas
- PRECAMBRIAN
- Diabase dikes
- Granite, gneiss, and schist
- Fault
- Dashed where approximately located; dotted where concealed beneath unfaulted younger deposits. U is on the side that moved up; D, on the side that moved down
- Geologic contact
View southwest from Lake Solitude toward the
Grand Teton (right), Mt. Owen, and Mt. Teewinot.
Wyoming Travel Commission photo
by J. R. Simon.
Grand Teton, Mt. Owen, and Mt. Teewinot from
Jenny Lake Flat. National Park Service photo
by W. E. Dilley.
Transcriber’s Notes
- Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.
- Corrected a few palpable typos.
- Re-arranged text in captions closer to the corresponding image.
- Expanded ambiguous references to illustrations, e.g. “Figure D” to “Figure 16D”
- Added one section heading, “The First Big Lake” to match the table of contents.
- Included a transcription of the text within some images, with estimated scale readings from charts.
- In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.