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A Geologic Guide to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, Alaska A Tectonic Collage of Northbound Terranes
Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve encompasses near 13.2 million acres of geological wonderments. This geologic guide presents the history of geologic exploration in the park; describes the complex geologic makeup; characterizes the vast college of accretion geologic terranes in this area of Alaska's continental margin; recapitulates the effects of earthquakes, volcanoes, and glaciers; characterizes the copper and gold resources of the parklands; and describes outstanding locales within the park and preserve area.
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Did You Know?
The fishwheel, a device relied upon by many Alaskans today for harvesting salmon, was first used in the U.S. in North Carolina in 1829.
A good spot to observe fishwheels in action is in the Copper River, near
Chitina.