Rift/Fault

Collection

Call Number: WA Photos Folio 173

Scope and Contents: Photographs created by Marion Belanger, 2006-2012 and printed 2015 that document tectonic shifting of the North American Plate in California and Iceland. Images in the "Rift" component document the rising eastern edge of the North American Continental Plate where it meets the Eurasian Plate along the Mid-Atlantic Rift in Iceland and include views of geothermal energy projects and the built environment. Images in the "Fault" component represents the subsiding western edge of the North American Plate along the San Andreas Fault in California and depict the built environment adjacent to the fault.
Language of Materials: Title page and inscriptions in English.
Conditions Governing Access: The Marion Belanger Photographs are the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchased from Radius Books on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2016.
Arrangement: Arranged under headings for Rift, Fault, and Ancillary Material.