The Teton fault is a normal fault located in northwestern Wyoming. The fault has a length of 44 miles (70 km) and runs along the eastern base of the Teton...
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Earth's crust caused movement along the Teton fault. The west block along the fault line rose to form the Teton Range, creating the youngest mountain range...
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Grand Teton National Park is an American national park in northwestern Wyoming. At approximately 310,000 acres (1,300 km2), the park includes the major...
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The Teton Dam was an earthen dam in the western United States, on the Teton River in eastern Idaho. It was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, one...
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geology of the Grand Teton area consists of some of the oldest rocks and one of the youngest mountain ranges in North America. The Teton Range, partly located...
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between fault scarps and fault-line scarps. The Teton Range in Wyoming is an example of an active fault scarp. The dramatic topography of the Tetons is due...
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New Madrid Seismic Zone (redirect from New Madrid Fault Line)
The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ), sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes...
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a 40-mile (64-km) long steeply east dipping geological fault system called the Teton Fault began to vertically move two adjacent blocks. One block,...
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Fault blocks are very large blocks of rock, sometimes hundreds of kilometres in extent, created by tectonic and localized stresses in Earth's crust. Large...
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dropped. About 2 Ma, the Hoback Fault formed east of the Tetons, and a graben valley developed between the Hoback and Teton fault zones, creating Jackson Hole...
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Jackson Lake Dam (category Buildings and structures in Teton County, Wyoming)
withstand the "maximum credible earthquake," a magnitude 7.5 quake on the Teton fault. Since then various studies have cast doubt on this belief. The dam is...
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Teton Valley is located on the west slope of the Teton Mountain Range in the western United States. Sometimes known as "The quiet side of the Tetons",...
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Serpentine subgroup (redirect from Teton jade)
jewelry and hardstone carving, sometimes under the name "false jade" or "Teton jade". Most serpentines are opaque to translucent, light (specific gravity...
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the Story of TGR's 16 Years in Jackson Hole, a 2006 ski documentary by Teton Gravity Research The Big One (TV series), an early-1990s comedy series starring...
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Katahdin Mount Le Conte Mount Shuksan Mount Timpanogos Shenandoah French Broad Teton Range Big Ben – Heard Island Ahipara Gumfields – New Zealand Massif de la...
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Jackson Hole National Monument (category Grand Teton National Park)
Presidential Proclamation 2578 establishing a large swath of land east of the Teton National Park as a national monument. The area of land covered 221,610 acres...
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and Power, directly on an active fault line, which was subsidiary to the well-known nearby Newport–Inglewood Fault. The underlying geologic strata were...
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Oakland California Temple (section Hayward Fault)
members with a temple recommend. The temple stands on top of the Hayward Fault Zone; it underwent major renovations and seismic upgrades, closing from...
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Yosemite Valley, California, United States; 900 m (3,000 ft) Grand Teton, north face Teton Range, Wyoming 760 m (2,490 ft) Northwest Face of Half Dome, near...
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west, the entire Sierra Nevada can be thought of as an enormous tilted fault block with a long, gentle slope westward to California's Central Valley...
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Colorado Sangre de Cristos are fault-block mountains similar to the Teton Range in Wyoming and the Wasatch Range in Utah. Major fault lines run along the east...
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of Old Faithful & north of Grant Village on Grand Loop Road, West Thumb, Teton, WY at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) West Thumb Hamilton's...
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basins into a relatively flat terrain. The Tetons and other north-central ranges contain folded and faulted rocks of Paleozoic and Mesozoic age draped...
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basins into a relatively flat terrain. The Tetons and other north-central ranges contain folded and faulted rocks of Paleozoic and Mesozoic age draped...
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years of the Quaternary continued uplift has accelerated erosion, as the Teton Range formed and the Yellowstone Caldera formed in its present location...
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compensation coverage for the general public. The Act establishes a no fault insurance-type system in which the first approximately $15 billion (as of...
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south by reverse faults that meet below the range, on the north by the North Flank fault and on the south by the Uinta Basin boundary fault. The Uinta Mountain...
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No. 4), Alberta – northeast Glacier County – east Pondera County – east Teton County – east Lewis and Clark County – southeast Powell County – southeast...
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recorded drone-hot air balloon collision prompts safety conversation". Teton Valley News. Boise, Idaho, United States: Boise Post-Register. Archived...
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Yellowstone River rises on the Continental Divide near Younts Peak in Wyoming's Teton Wilderness. It flows north through Yellowstone National Park, enters Montana...
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