| Abstract: | A series of rock falls from the north face of Glacier Point above Camp Curry, Yosemite National Park, California, have caused reexamination of the rock-fall hazard because beginning in June, 1999 a system of cracks propagated through a nearby rock mass outlining a future potential rock fall. If the estimated volume of the potential rock fall fails as a single piece, there could be a risk from rock-fall impact and airborne rock debris to cabins in Camp Curry. The role of joint plane orientation and groundwater pressure in the fractured rock mass are discussed in light of the pattern of developing cracks and potential modes of failure. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 24834 |
| Citation Author: | Wieczorek, Gerald F.; Snyder, James B. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 22 p. :ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 99-385 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Rock falls from Glacier Point above Camp Curry, Yosemite National Park, California; 1999; OFR; 99-385; Wieczorek, Gerald F.; Snyder, James B. |
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| Citation Year: | 1999 |
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| Text: | Rock falls from Glacier Point above Camp Curry, Yosemite National Park, California; 1999; OFR; 99-385; Wieczorek, Gerald F.; Snyder, James B. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/0385/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/ofr-99-0385/ |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/0385/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Mon, 10 Jan 2000 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, |
