Study of Rock Formation on Yangtze River
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Title
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Study of Rock Formation on Yangtze River
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Caption
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Twisted rocks on the Yangtze above Suifu. [Shows convoluted rock strata by river]
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Identifier
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DCG_043
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Alternative Identifier
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28-56
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Description
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David Crockett Graham was well familiar with scientist explorers' publications as he traveled around Sichuan. Even on his first trip up the Yangtze, he had read accounts of the rock formations when he took this photograph documenting a seismic moment in earth's evolutionary history. The photo shows layers of rock strata seemingly crushed together to form two curves.
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Creator
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Graham, David Crockett
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Date Created
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1913-1931
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Location
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Yibin, Sichuan
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Original Format
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Glass plate
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Source
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
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Provenance
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Jean Graham Brown and Dorothy Graham Edson, daughers of DCG, and Chris Hoogendyk, grandson of DCG.
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Publisher
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SIUE
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Record Date
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2024-09-24
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Contributor
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Nicholas Fowler; Cory Willmott
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Type
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Still Image
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References
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Graham, David Crockett. n/d. Autobiography.
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Subject
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Geology
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abstract
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"There are some places on the Yangtse where all the strata of rock from the lowest granite to the latest in Szechwan are to be seen exposed on the shore. I borrowed a copy of A Naturalist in West China, which explained the geology of Szechwan and of the Yangtse river" (Graham, n/d. Autobiography, p.43).
