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Rock bursts due to ice lensing in Hurwitz quartzite

Location: "Hill 575", between Carr and Kaminak Lakes, Kivalliq, Nunavut, Canada; NTS 55L Kaminak Lake; 62° 13'N, 95° 38'W

Rock bursts due to ice lensing in Hurwitz quartzite

See Image 0050 for explanation. Groundview of crater formed by a rock burst at tip of the peninsula is shown in image 0111.













Date taken: July 1971
Photo ID: 0112; GCS phot #203266-D
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