Cathedral Peak Granodiorite information

The Cathedral Peak Granodiorite (CPG) was named after its type locality, Cathedral Peak in Yosemite National Park, California. The granodiorite forms...

Granodiorite, Cathedral Peak Granite, and Kuna Crest Granodiorite. The largest pluton of the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite is Cathedral Peak Granodiorite,...

Cretaceous Period. Cathedral Peak Granodiorite Geology of the Yosemite area Half Dome Granodiorite Johnson Granite Porphyry Kuna Crest Granodiorite Sentinel granodiorite...

Cathedral Peak Granodiorite R.J. Secor (2009), The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, Trails, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781594857386, p. 445 "Stanton Peak, California"...

glaciers carving out the granite material; also see Cathedral Peak Granodiorite. The tops of the peaks in the range were above the level of the highest glaciation...

Half Dome Granodiorite and Cathedral Peak Granodiorite, but is lowest in Kuna Crest granodiorite. Kuna Crest granodiorite is tied to Kuna Peak, also in...

Bridalveil Granodiorite Cathedral Peak Granodiorite El Capitan Granite Geology of the Yosemite area Granite of Rancheria Mountain Half Dome Granodiorite Johnson...

It is younger than Sentinel granodiorite (88.4 Ma), and older than Cathedral Peak granite (83.7 Ma). Half Dome Granodiorite is the Valley's youngest plutonic...

Bibliography of the Sierra Nevada Buffalo Soldiers (park rangers) Cathedral Peak Granodiorite Chinquapin, California List of birds of Yosemite National Park...

with accessory phases of; sphene, allanite, apatite, magnetite. Cathedral Peak Granodiorite El Capitan Granite Fine Gold Intrusive Suite Geology of the Yosemite...

Interior. Vogelsang Pass, like the rest of the Cathedral Range, is formed out of Cathedral Peak Granodiorite, which was formed approximately 87 million years...

3 mi) to 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) deep magma chamber, made of Half Dome granodiorite of the Tuolumne batholith. Tuolumne batholith (also, the Tuolumne Intrusive...

chamber consisting of granodiorite porphyry. The standard ascent route for East Spanish Peak ascends the west ridge of the peak from the saddle between...

further reading Cathedral Peak Granodiorite El Capitan Granite Half Dome Granodiorite Kuna Crest Granodiorite Sentinel granodiorite Kiver, Eugene P.;...

the Yosemite area May Lake Lower Cathedral Lake and Tuolumne Peak Mount Hoffman (L) and Tuolumne Peak (R) "Tuolumne Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved...

geologists the Peaks were found to be masses of granite, granodiorite, and syenodiorite. Among the most unusual features of the Spanish Peaks are the great...

and granodiorite porphyry. Carbon Peak was glaciated, and the most prominent glacial cirque is located on the north side of the mountain. Carbon Peak, along...

Rafferty Peak is an 11,110-foot-elevation (3,386 meter) mountain summit located in Yosemite National Park, in California, United States. It is situated...

Cathedral Park is home to teal sub-alpine lakes, vast ridges and jarred peaks, old-growth forests, and rock formations of siltstone, granodiorite, and...

including Cathedral Rocks, Three Brothers, and El Capitan. The youngest Yosemite Valley pluton is the 87-million-year-old Half Dome granodiorite, which makes...

Fletcher Peak is an 11,410-foot-elevation (3,478 meter) mountain summit located in Yosemite National Park, in Mariposa County, California, United States...

Coarse-grained pinkish to reddish granite Coarse-grained gray to black granodiorite Fined-grained pinkish to gray granite Black Dolerite Some of the monuments...

between joints is controlled by the amount of silica in the granite and granodiorite rocks; more silica tends to create a more resistant rock, resulting in...

The bulk of Crested Butte is composed of quartz monzonite porphyry and granodiorite porphyry. The lower slopes consist of Mancos Shale overlain with debris...

unique biogeographic and ecological patterns. Some of the more prominent peaks of the range include Mount Strathbogie (1,033 metres (3,389 ft)), Mount...