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Neoglaciation in the range culminated during the "Little Ice Age," a term originally coined by François E. Matthes in the Sierra Nevada, but now widely accepted as referring to a period of global glacial expansion between about AD 1250 to 1900. Moraines in the Sierra Nevada related to the Little Ice Age event are termed Matthes deposits.
Neoglaciation had been marked by a retreat from the warm conditions of the Climatic Optimum and the advance or reformation of glaciers that had not existed since the last ice age. In the mountains of western North America, montane glaciers that had completely melted reformed shortly before 5000 BP . [ 2 ]
Kuna Crest Granodiorite (also called Granodiorite of Glen Aulin), [1] is found, in Yosemite National Park, United States. The granodiorite forms part of the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite (aka Tuolumne Batholith), one of the four major intrusive suites within the Sierra Nevada. Of the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite, it is the oldest and darkest rock.
A geologic map of Yosemite National Park The Cathedral Peak Granodiorite ( CPG ) was named after its type locality, Cathedral Peak in Yosemite National Park , California . The granodiorite forms part of the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite (Tuolumne Batholith), one of the four major intrusive suites within the Sierra Nevada .
Mirror Lake is a small, seasonal lake located on Tenaya Creek in Yosemite National Park.Situated in Tenaya Canyon directly between North Dome and Half Dome, it is the last remnant of a large glacial lake that once filled most of Yosemite Valley at the end of the last Ice Age, and is close to disappearing due to sediment accumulation.
'This is the most any of us have ever seen,' one ranger at Yosemite said. There is no date for reopening as officials respond to snowfall of up to 15 feet deep in some areas.
Chinquapin was Yosemite's second ski area, opening after the construction of the Wawona Tunnel, which enabled winter access. Initially, skiing took place on a glacial moraine east of the horse stables near the Pines Campgrounds in Yosemite Valley .
A porch in Curry Village in Yosemite National Park is framed in snow. Yosemite is closed to visitors after the park experienced significant snowfall with some areas recording up to 15 feet of snow ...