El Capitan Holds a Record of Magma Intrusions (IMAGE)

University of Oregon

El Capitan Holds a Record of Magma Intrusions

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The iconic El Capitan at Yosemite National Park in California contains a long-running record of magma injections that never breached the surface, instead freezing into the Earth's crust.

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Photo by Greg M. Stock, National Park Service

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