BULL. GEOL. SOC. AM. 



VOL. 17, 1905, PL. 15 



Figure 1. — Elevated Beach opposite Marble Point, northeast Shore of Russell Fiord 



The elevated beach is nipped in front by present waves. Mature alder thicket on right 

 Wave-planed elevated rock bench and sea-cliff in background, with barnacles in place on 

 rocks 7 feet 1 inch above present high tide (see plate 17, figure 1) 



Figure 2. — Elevated Beach (' 



Feet 7 Inches) on northeast Side of Russell Fiord. 

 opposite Marble Point 



Man at square stands with one foot on line of highest drift seaweed, the other on 

 boulder covered with dead barnacles. Present beach on left with no vegetation ; elevated 

 beach with young vegetation ; and old land (on right) with mature alder thicket 



ELEVATED BEACHES, RUSSELL FIORD 



