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Yosemite Online Library—Geology and Glaciers
Yosemite Online Library
The following Yosemite books on geology and glaciers
are available online, with the complete text
and usually the original illustrations.
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Rock falls from Glacier Point above Camp Curry, Yosemite National Park, California
by Gerald F. Wieczorek and James B. Snyder
(1999)
(USGS website)
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“Formation of Yosemite Valley—How Yosemite Valley was Created from Glaciers”
(1989)
- François Matthes and the Marks of Time; Yosemite and the High Sierra
by François E. Matthes (1962).
A posthumous collection of popular articles by François Matthes, mostly from the Sierra Club Bulletin
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The Geologic Story of Yosemite National Park
by Dr. N. King Huber
(1987).
Authorative description of Yosemite geology.
- A Brief Story of the Geology of Yosemite Valley
by M. E. Beatty (1943)
- The Devil Postpile National Monument, (1952) by Richard J. Hartesveldt
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Geologic History of the Yosemite Valley
by François E. Matthes
(1930). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 160.
A classic study in glacial geology. (NPS)
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“Geology of Yosemite National Park”
Handbook of Yosemite National Park
by Ansel F. Hall
(1922)
- “The Ancient Yosemite Glaciers:
How the Valley was Formed,”
The Yosemite,
by John Muir
(1912)
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Sketch of Yosemite National Park and an Account of the Origin of the Yosemite and Hetch Hetchy Valleys
by François E. Matthes
(1912)
(NPS)
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The Yosemite,
by John Muir
(1912)
- A Journal of Ramblings Through the High Sierras
of California
by
Joseph LeConte
(1875)
- Principal Waterfalls of the World
(1945)
by C. Frank Brockman
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Studies in the Sierra,
by John Muir
(1874-1875; 1915-1921; 1950),
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“Yosemite Glaciers,”
New York Tribune,
by John Muir
(1871)
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Up and Down California in 1860-1864; The Journal of William H. Brewer
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by William H. Brewer
(1930)
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The Yosemite Book:
a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region
of the Sierra Nevada, and of the big trees of California,
by Josiah Dwight Whitney, Jr.
(1869)
Copyright © 2004-2007 Dan Anderson. All rights reserved.
Last updated
3 December 2021.
If you have questions or comments,
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Dan Anderson.
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