California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 182 Geologic Guide to the Merced Canyon and Yosemite Valley, California

CONTENTS

Summary of the pre-Tertiary geology of the western Sierra Nevada metamorphic belt, California, by Lorin D. Clark

Granitic rocks of the Yosemite Valley area, California, by Frank C. Calkins and Dallas L. Peck

The geology, geomorphology, and soils of the San Joaquin Valley in the vicinity of the Merced River, California, by Rodney J. Arkley

Geomorphology of the Yosemite Valley region, California, by Clyde Wahrhaftig

PLATES

Plate 1. Geologic map and section of the southern part of the western Sierra Nevada metamorphic belt (PDF format)

Frontispiece. Part I. Winter, Yosemite Valley. Half Dome and the Merced River. Photo by Ansel Adams.

Frontispiece. Part I. Winter, Yosemite Valley. Half Dome and the Merced River. Photo by Ansel Adams.