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Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve
Geologic Guide to Wrangell-St. Elias
 
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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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Downtown Glennallen

Did You Know?
The village of Glennallen derives its name from the combined last names of Capt. Edwin F. Glenn and Lt. Henry T Allen, both instrumental in the early exploration of the of the Copper River Basin.
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